Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Atkins, Anselm, Fr., O.C.S.O., 1934-1999" file

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Type:  TL[c] - Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).

To/From:  from Merton to "Atkins, Anselm, Fr., O.C.S.O., 1934-1999"-->

# of pages:  1

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First Lines:  "It is silly to bother you with this piece of absurd nonsense, but as I made you a sign about it,"

Contents:  [see also "Censors Reports" file, Series 36, "New Seeds of Contemplation" / carbon transferred from "Hart Working Files"] censors negative comments about Merton's interpretation of RenĂ© Descartes - censor compares Merton's ideas on Christian contemplation to Hindu contemplation, but Merton thinks the censor's own notion of contemplation more closely compares to a negative stereotype of Hindu mysticism

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Hart, Patrick, Br., O.C.S.O.

Date received:  2016/05/01

Date added:  2016

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Atkins, Anselm, Fr., O.C.S.O., 1934-1999:"    undated/no-month/no-day (#02)