the Springs of Contemplation: A Retreat at Abbey Gethsemani in Bloomington, MN

In the Sixties, Merton invited a group of contemplative women — cut off by inflexible rules from any analysis of important movements in the Church and the world — to make a retreat with him at his abbey in Kentucky. What he and they said on such themes as "Zen, a Way of Living Life Directly," "Prophetic Choices," and "The Feminine Mystique," is the text of this book.