![]() ![]() “Free by nature, in the image of God, I was nevertheless the prisoner of my own violence and my own selfishness, in the image of the world into which I was born. ![]() Google Books calls The Seven Storey Mountain, “a modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine.” A glance at the book and some of the famous and not-so-famous Thomas Merton quotes that it contains helps us understand that the book is a wonder in its own right as well as a guide to Merton’s other works. Named after the Italian Poet Dante’s description of Purgatory in “The Divine Comedy,” the book follows Merton on his search for spirituality and peace that led him to a Trappist Monastery. He’s remembered for his reflections and poetry but one of his most impactful works is his 1948 autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain. ![]() Thomas Merton was one of the great Catholic writers of the twentieth century. ![]()
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