This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bieberman, Lisa".
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also a published letter from Merton to Bieberman in The Road to Joy, pp. 351-352.
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
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# | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1967/04/15 (#01) |
TALS from Merton |
I am a monk, poet, priest, and have written s [sic] few books on the contemplative life in which I |
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response to Bieberman's article "On Getting the Message" in Innerspace - advice from Merton - has no experience with psychedelics, but much experience with youth going through crises as novice master / "experience and communication, solitude and community" / Indians and peyote / Ibn al'Arabi / Sufis
«detailed view» |
2. |
1967/04/15 (#02) |
TL[c] from Merton |
I am a monk, poet, priest, and have written s [sic] few books on the contemplative life in which I |
✓ |
response to Bieberman's article "On Getting the Message" in Innerspace - advice from Merton - has no experience with psychedelics, but much experience with youth going through crises as novice master / "experience and communication, solitude and community" / Indians and peyote / Ibn al'Arabi / Sufis
«detailed view» |
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1967/04/25 |
TLS to Merton |
Thanks very much for your letter. I appreciate what you say about not being too anxious to be |
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Indian peyotists - adding ritual to experience of psychedelics / agrees that silence would be useful but asserts that she is foremost an activist - going underground with movement, like many "hippies", leads to "raids and embarrassment" / wants to hold psychedelic sessions "above-ground" by 1970
«detailed view» |
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1967/04/no |
other |
Psychedelic Information Center BULLETIN [-] A New York City group, the Jade Companions |
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John Aiken, leader of the Church of the Awakening (see "Aiken, John" file) / Symposium on the Religious Significance of Psychedelic Drugs / morning glory seeds / Underground Press Syndicate / legality under federal law of making LSD for personal research
«detailed view» |
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1971/02/02 |
TLS to Center from Bieberman, Lisa |
I'm sorry to be just getting around to answering your request for copies of correspondence from |
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sending original of Merton's letter / permission to publish
«detailed view» |
6. |
undated/no/no |
other |
on getting the message by Lisa Bieberman [-] "I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours," said |
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Sidney Cohen and Timothy Leary / communication of LSD experiences / validity of religious experiences on LSD
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