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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Phillips, Bernard S.".
Bernard S. Phillips was a professor in the Department of Religion at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the time of writing.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also the "Abdeslam, Sidi" and the "Parsons, Linda" file.
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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1965/10/22 (#01) |
TALS to Merton |
A friend, Mrs. Linda Parsons of Montreal, has sent me reprints of two of your articles--Zen |
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1965/10/22 (#02) |
HLS from Parsons, Linda |
A friend, Mrs. Linda Parsons of Montreal, has sent me reprints of two of your articles--Zen |
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[originally dated 1965/10/12 - forwarded to Merton on 1065/10/22 / note to Merton: "Would Bramachari be interested in this letter?"]
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1965/10/31 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Well, I simply answer your question by turning it around. There are plenty of stories not only |
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[copy of Merton's letter to Phillips enclosed with 1965/10/31 letter to Linda Parsons, see "Parsons" file in Section A]
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1966/10/13 |
TL[c] from Merton |
I am glad to hear that the Ven. Sidi Abdesalam [sic] is arriving there about now. |
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1966/10/no? |
HLS to Merton |
My Sufi teacher Sidi Abdeslam is slated to arrive here (insh 'Allah) in about 10 days for a month's |
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1966/11/19 |
TLS to Merton |
Last Sunday I saw Sidi Abdeslam and his companions off at Kennedy Airport. They saw a lot of the |
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1967/05/22 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Though I am not too sanguine about it, I think there is a real chance that I might be able to get |
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1967/05/26 |
TLS to Merton |
I was absolutely delighted to get your letter with the news that there is at least a possibility |
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undated/no/no |
HPCS to Merton |
I was at the top of this and could look all over Seattle. It wasn't very good weather |
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[verso: color photograph of "Sunset on Mount Rainier as viewed from Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, Washington.]
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