{"product_id":"thomas-merton-in-california-the-redwoods-conferences-and-letters-9798400800313","title":"Thomas Merton in California: The Redwoods Conferences and Letters","description":"\u003cb\u003ePreviously unpublished material from world-renowned Trappist monk and author, Thomas Merton, featuring the final conference talks given in the United States before his untimely death.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In May and October of 1968, Thomas Merton offered two extended conferences at Our Lady of the Redwoods Abbey, a Cistercian women's community in Northern California. Comprising over twenty-six hours of previously unpublished material, \u003ci\u003eThomas Merton in California\u003c\/i\u003e covers a variety of topics including ecology and consciousness, yoga and Hinduism, Native American ritual and rites of passage, Sufi spirituality, and inter-religious dialogue, along with extended discussions on prayer and the contemplative life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The material presented in these talks reveals Merton's wide-ranging intellectual and spiritual pursuits in the final year of his life, and fills a long-standing lacuna around Merton's visits to Redwoods Monastery, forming a necessary bridge to the Asian journey that was to come. Practical and applicable, as well as searching and inspired, \u003ci\u003eThomas Merton in California \u003c\/i\u003eis essential for Merton readers and scholars, and all those interested in deepening their spiritual lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid M. Odorisio, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e, is Associate Core faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, California. He received his MA in the History of Christian Spirituality from Saint John's University, School of Theology-Seminary, and his PhD in East-West Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. David is editor of \u003ci\u003eMerton and Hinduism: The Yoga of the\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeart\u003c\/i\u003e and has published in numerous journals in the areas of psychology and religion, and the life and writings of Thomas Merton.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liturgical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629903745298,"sku":"9798400800313","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cf9e77b5-78af-4f9f-860a-28d6a77d683c.jpg?v=1732736702","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thomas-merton-in-california-the-redwoods-conferences-and-letters-9798400800313","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}