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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Sadhu, Mouni, 1897-1971

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965-1967

Volume: 5 item(s); 7 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Sadhu, Mouni".

Biography

Mouni Sadhu, born in Poland as Mieczyslaw Demetriusz Sudowski. Although he published a number of books, the details of his life are sketchy. He was known variously as an occultist and a practicing Catholic to his death and a bridge-builder between Christian and Hindu traditions. As a young man, he fought for Germany during World War I. He married in 1936, but his wife was said to have died in a German bombing of Poland in 1939. He fought against the Germans in World War II, was captured and imprisoned until liberated by the Allies in 1945. He then went first to France and after another year to Brazil. There, he wrote his first book (in Portuguese), Quem Sou Eu?. Thence, he spent a year studying under Sri Ramana Maharshi before permanently residing in Australia. He writes to Merton from Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, asking Merton to write a Foreword for a planned book, Contemplation: an Outline for Practical Study (published under the title Meditation: an Outline for Practical Study). (Source: Pugsley, Tim. "Mouni Sadhu - Information." Website. Accessed 2006/03/15. ‹http://www.mounisadhu.com›.)

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1965/09/29 (#01)TLSto MertonPlease pardon me for writing to you without knowing you personally, but I have read a quotation from   
 1965/09/29 (#02)other[x]to Merton<i>Theurgy</i> [-] THEURGY-THE ART OF EFFECTIVE WORSHIP: By Mouni Sadhu (George Allen and  [review by K. Sheshadri of Sadhu's book <i>Theurgy</i>]
 1965/09/29 (#03)other[c]to MertonTHEURGY, THE ART OF EFFECTIVE WORSHIP [-] By Mouni Sadhu. (Allen &amp; Unwin, Pp.263, Price 30s)  [review by Arthur Osborne of Sadhu's book <i>Theurgy</i>]
 1967/08/31 TLSto MertonI have taken the liberty of sending to you, through my London Publishers, two of my books:   
 1967/09/07 TL[c]from MertonThanks for your interesting and appreciative letter. I am sure the work you are doing will be very   
        

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