--- product_id: 138217521 title: "The Seven Storey Mountain Kindle Edition" brand: "thomas merton" price: "€ 26.34" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.gr/products/138217521-the-seven-storey-mountain-kindle-edition store_origin: GR region: Greece --- # The Seven Storey Mountain Kindle Edition **Brand:** thomas merton **Price:** € 26.34 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Seven Storey Mountain Kindle Edition by thomas merton - **How much does it cost?** € 26.34 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.gr](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/138217521-the-seven-storey-mountain-kindle-edition) ## Best For - thomas merton enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted thomas merton brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![The Seven Storey Mountain Kindle Edition - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41cjc7x6EGL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Timeless *by V***G on Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2023* Spiritual, from a Master ... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The bent of my mind was essentially "Augustinian." *by P***N on Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2014* Thomas Merton writes well and he's my brother in Christ; further, his writings inform and stir my passion to come alongside other people's spiritual journey in hopes of seeing them further immersed into the life of God (cf. Acts 8:26-40); however, this book isn't for everyone, and, if you're within Protestant Christianity there will be isolated mentions of Catholicism that you'll need to wrestle through; after all, there are real differences in how Protestants and Catholics articulate the gospel and how their churches construct that understanding.Merton confesses, "The bent of my mind was essentially `Augustinian.'" (241) Therefore, we shouldn't be surprised that his autobiography is a modern day version of Augustine's Confessions, albeit with a Roman Catholic, pre-Vatican II, monastic flavoring. The book covers his life from childhood to priesthood, highlighting his struggles with surrendering both to Christ and becoming a Trappist Monk.My take away quotes:1. The persons most influential in his conversion: Merton and his father occasionally rented a room from the Privats: "They were to be among the most remarkable people I ever knew ... Full of that peacefulness ... which ... came from living close to God ... Sanctified by leading ordinary lives in a completely supernatural manner, sanctified by obscurity, by usual skills, by common tasks, by routine, but skills, tasks, routine which received a supernatural form from grace within, and from the habitual union of their souls with God in deep faith and charity ... I am indebted to them for much more than the kindness and care they showed me, the goodness and the delicate solicitude with which they treated me as their own child ... I had never met people to whom belief was a matter of such moment ... They were concerned, and so deeply and vitally concerned, at my lack of faith ... I owe many graces to their prayers, and perhaps ultimately the grace of my conversion and even my religious vocation." (61-65)2. The method of his conversion: "But for me, with my blind appetites, it was impossible that I should not rush in and take a huge bite of this rotten fruit. The bitter taste is still with me after not a few years." "[I had] walked out into the world that I thought I was going to ransack and rob of all its pleasures and satisfactions. I had done what I intended, and now I found that it was I who was emptied and robbed and gutted. What a strange thing! In filling myself, I had emptied myself. In grasping things, I had lost everything. In devouring pleasures and joys, I had found distress and anguish and fear ... When I was reduced to this extremity of misery and humiliation, I fell into a love affair in which I was at last treated in the way I had treated not a few people in these last years ... And it was my defeat that was to be the occasion of my rescue." "My ploughed soul was better ground for the reception of good seed." (131, 181-82, 230)3. Merton's struggle about his vocation, which went on for the entire book: "Did I not know that I really had no vocation [i.e. a call to the priesthood] ... it was the same old story again." Further down the page: "Perhaps what I wanted was to maintain myself in an equivocal, indefinite position in which I would be free to dream about entering the monastery, without having the actual responsibility of doing so, and of embracing the real hardship of a certain Cistercian life. If I asked advice and was told I had no vocation, then the dream would be over: and if I was told I had a vocation, that I would have to walk right in to the reality ... And so I walked ... full of indecision, praying for light."4. His comments against the argument that a good God cannot exist given the plague of evil (142) and about "Why should anyone be shattered by the thought of hell?" (238) are worth being read.5. "The beginning of love is truth, and before He will give us His love, God must cleanse our souls of the lies that are in them. And the most effective way of detaching us from ourselves is to make us detest ourselves as we have made ourselves by sin." (409)6. "One of the most important aspects of any religious vocation ... is the willingness to accept life in a community in which everybody is more or less imperfect." (419)7. "All my bad habits, disinfected, it is true, of formal sin, had sneaked into the monastery with me and had received the religious vesture along with me: spiritual gluttony, spiritual sensuality, spiritual pride..." (426)8. Merton's struggle about his vocation, which went on for the entire book: "Did I not know that I really had no vocation [i.e. a call to the priesthood] ... it was the same old story again." Further down the page: "Perhaps what I wanted was to maintain myself in an equivocal, indefinite position in which I would be free to dream about entering the monastery, without having the actual responsibility of doing so, and of embracing the real hardship of a certain Cistercian life. If I asked advice and was told I had no vocation, then the dream would be over: and if I was told I had a vocation, that I would have to walk right in to the reality ... And so I walked ... full of indecision, praying for light." ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Seller: excellent; book a classic! *by W***3 on Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2022* Book arrived in unexpectedly good condition! Only marking was a brief dedication on inside front cover. The book itself is a classic; wanted to own it for years. Only problem with Merton is that once this book is read, you are in danger of wanting to collect and read all his works! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.gr/products/138217521-the-seven-storey-mountain-kindle-edition](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/138217521-the-seven-storey-mountain-kindle-edition) --- *Product available on Desertcart Greece* *Store origin: GR* *Last updated: 2026-05-27*