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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Placid, M., Br., O.C.S.O.".
Br. M. Placid was a Trappist monk of the Southern Star Abbey in Kopua, New Zealand. He asks Merton some questions regarding monastic formation, solitude, Dechanet's book on yoga, and the "Prayer of Jesus.
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See also one published letter from Merton to Br. Placid in The School of Charity, pp. 225-226.
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1964/07/15 |
TALS to Merton |
Please excuse my breaking in on your solitude - to ask a few questions: i) Two of the monks at our |
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1964/08/05 |
TAL[c] from Merton |
About your questions: first I suppose the best thing I could do for the "second novitiate" question |
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