| Author Quoted | Etienne Gilson |
| Title Quoted | Mystical Theology of Saint Bernard / translation from the French: La theologie mystique de Saint Bernard |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1960/11/17 |
| Imprint | London : Sheed and Ward. 1940 |
| Quotation | Some important books which I recommend to you can be obtained from Harper Brothers "¦ They are publishing an interesting little volume, the Centuries of Thomas Traherne, which you ought to have "¦ They print something of Fenelon, I believe. Also a fine book by John Ruysbroeck, the Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage. You should also get to know the anonymous Cloud of Unknowing. St. Bernard of Clairvaux, one of the early fathers of the Cistercian Order of which I am a monk, has some very important mystical writings. Perhaps the best way to get to know him would be to read the Mystical Theology of St. Bernard by Etienne Gilson. |
| Quotation Source | The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns.; Selected and edited by William H. Shannon. / New York : Farrar Straus Giroux. 1985, p. 45 |
| Letter to | Abdul Aziz |
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