The Seven Storey Mountain: An Autobiography of Faith
A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influential religious works of the twentieth century. This edition contains an introduction by Merton's editor, Robert Giroux, and a note to the reader by biographer William H. Shannon. It tells of the growing restlessness of a brilliant and passionate young man whose search for peace and faith leads him, at the age of twenty-six, to take vows in one of the most demanding Catholic orders—the Trappist...
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Fifty years after it was first published and thirty years after Thomas Merton's death, The Seven Storey Mountain is hailed as a classic autobiography of faith. Elizabeth Powers It is in many ways a young person's book, in the best sense of the term. -- Wall Street Journal
IntroductionxiA Note to the ReaderxixPart 11Prisoner's Base32Our Lady of the Museums333The Harrowing of Hell754The Children in the Market Place145Part 21With a Great Price1852The Waters of Contradiction247Part 31Magnetic North2832True North3273The Sleeping Volcano3694The Sweet Savor of Liberty409Epilogue: Meditatio Pauperis in Solitudine445Index463
\ From the PublisherWithout a life of the spirit our whole existence becomes unsubstantial and illusory.-Thomas Merton\ \ \ \ \ Elizabeth PowersIt is in many ways a young person's book, in the best sense of the term. -- Wall Street Journal\ \
