The Seven Story Mountain by Thomas Merton
An introspective spiritual memoir charting a journey from restless, worldly pursuits through intellectual searching and moral failures to a profound conversion to Catholicism and a life of contemplative discipline. Through candid self-examination, it contrasts the seductions of modern ambition with the call of grace, culminating in entrance into a Trappist monastery. Along the way, it meditates on freedom, sacrifice, and the pursuit of meaning in a disordered age.
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- Published
- 1948
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 450-500
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
- - Elected Silence
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