Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Deikman, Arthur J., M.D." file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1967/March/14 

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

To/From:  from Merton to "Deikman, Arthur J., M.D."-->

# of pages:  1

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First Lines:  "I am happy to have had a chance to read your paper on "De-automatization and the Mystic Experience","

Contents:  "the point of ascetic disciplines is to liberate the subject from automatism and routine in perception" - LSD a "short cut to de-automatization" / contradictions of applying the language of science (quantity, observation) to the mystical experience / Maritain's Degrees of Knowledge/ pure gratuity of the mystical experience

Language:  English

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Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Deikman, Arthur J., M.D.:"    1967/March/14