Christian mysticism. Merton Thomas

The lectures collected in this book of a famous spiritual mentor, writer, poet, mystic Tomas Merton are an excellent introduction into a Christian mystical tradition. Merton considers the origins of Christian mysticism and its development in eastern and Western Christianity. But this is not only a brilliant intellectual study of mystical texts: no one did more than Merton, so that the gifts of monastic life, including contemplative prayer, become available to those who live outside the monastery walls.