> > >Summer Overstock Sale > >A variety of Thomas Merton books and posters are available at a special price >through the end of August. In order to receive the special price, please call >the Institute offices from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Monday through Friday at >502.583.6117. > > >Contemplative Prayer (book) $7 >(regular price $10.95) >Contemplative Prayer (CDs) $20 >(regular price $29.95) > >Thomas Merton offers valuable guidance for prayer. He shows how the peace >contacted through meditation should not be sought in order to evade the >problems of contemporary life, but can instead be directed back out into the >world to affect positive change. > > >Dialogues with Silence $13 (regular >price $25.00) > >Dialogues with Silencecontains a selection of prayers from throughout Merton's >life--from his journals, letters, poetry, books--accompanied by all 100 of >Merton's rarely seen, delightful Zen-like pen-and-ink drawings, and will >attract new readers as well as Merton devotees. > > >The Essential Writings of Thomas Merton $8 (regular price >$14.00) > >In Thomas Merton, Essential Writings, Christine Bochen has performed a >wonderful service to all who know and will come to know Merton through his >writings. She presents his works in the framework of his vocation -- the call >to contemplation, the call to compassion, and the call to unity. > > >The Intimate Merton >$12 (regular price $17.95) > >The Intimate Mertonlays bare the steep ways of Thomas Merton's spiritual path. >Culled from the seven volumes of his personal journals, this twenty nine year >chronicle deepens and extends the story Thomas Merton recounted and made >famous in The Seven Storey Mountain. > > >The Jewel Tree of Tibet >$13 (regular price $25.00) > >The Jewel Tree of Tibetimmerses you fully in the mysteries of Tibetan >spiritual wisdom. A retreat in book form as well as a spiritual and >philosophical teaching, The Jewel Tree of Tibet offers a practical system of >understanding yourself and the world, of developing your learning and thought >processes, and of gaining deep, transforming insight. > > >Mystics & Zen Masters >$9 (regular price $16.00) > >In this collection, Merton discusses diverse religious concepts-early >monasticism, Russian Orthodox spirituality, the Shakers, and Zen Buddhism-with >characteristic Western directness. > > >No Man Is An Island (book) $12 >(regular price $14.00) >No Man Is An Island (CDs) >$28 (regular price $35.95) > >Here, in one of his most popular of his more than thirty books, Thomas Merton >provides further meditations on the spiritual life in sixteen thoughtful >essays, beginning with his classic treatise "Love Can Be Kept Only by Being >Given Away." > > >Peace in a Post Christian Era >$14 (regular price $20.00) > >This is Merton's prophetic testament on war and peace. Daniel Ellsberg, >author: "In this long-withheld manuscript, Thomas Merton identifies the >readiness of many nations - led by our own - to prepare for and threaten mass >murder as the most urgent moral crisis of our time. Ringing across four >decades, his profound warning is more timely than tomorrow's headlines." > > > >Seeds > $9 (regular price $14.95) > >Here is a remarkably accessible introduction to his work: a collection of a >short, vivid excerpts arranged in four parts so as to parallel the journey of >a seeking soul in the modern world. > > >Silent >Lamp >$13 (regular price $22.95) > >Each period of Merton's life is presented in two ways. First, a section of >chronology sets out the seven major events in that life in parallel with >significant events in the contemporary political and literary world. > > >Song for Nobody >$10 (regular price $19.95) > >Ron Seitz is a poet who was befriended by Thomas Merton during the last 10 >years Of Mertons life. He recorded this "memory vision" about Merton, and it >is a delight. > > >Soul Searching (book) >$13 (regular price $19.95) > >The book draws us into the geographical landscape of Thomas Merton's life in >America, a landscape that was intrinsic to his spiritual journey. > > >Thomas Merton An Introduction $10 >(regular price $16.95) > >Merton scholar William H. Shannon presents Merton s life story to suggest that >this mid twentieth-century writer can speak meaningfully to women and men now >several years into a new century. > > >Thomas Merton In My Own Words $7 (regular >price $14.95) > >Thomas Merton: In My Own Words provides a portal into the monastic vocation of >Thomas Merton and gives us a snapshot of his entire life. His words encourage >readers to embrace their own vocation as baptized Christians, as members of >the human family, and as people in relationship. > > >Witness to Freedom >$13 (regular price $25.00) > >The letters in this fifth and last volume of Merton's correspondence span four >decades, but most were written during the late fities and early sixties, when >Merton experienced two serious crises in his life. > > >Posters > >Browning Poster >$3 (regular price $3.50) >Shining Like the Sun Poster $10 >(regular price $12.00) >The Merton Prayer Poster >$4 (regular price $5.00) > >Offer good until August 31, 2012 or until supplies last. >The Merton Institute for Contemplative Living >415 West Muhammad Ali Blvd >Louisville, Kentucky 40202 >502-583-6117 >Forward this email > >This email was sent to [email protected] by [email protected] | >Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy >Policy. >The Merton Institute for Contemplative Living| 415 West Muhammad Ali Blvd| >Louisville| KY| 40202
