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After thus giving Merton an A for effort, Benedictine Graham goes on to scan Merton's message to readers. He admits the deep appeal of this message-"at a time when men are perplexed with fear and disillusionment, the call of the ascetic to world-renunciation can go to...
Mysticism for the Masses. To begin with, Benedictine Graham finds Merton's approach to mysticism, i.e., "the highest form of union with God to which man can attain on earth," at once too rigid and too loose. It is too rigid because Merton implies that the monastic, ascetic life...
Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi, a durable ascetic himself, was so impressed with disciple Potti Sriramulu's ability to do without food (29 days on one occasion) that he once said: "If only I have eleven more followers like Sriramulu I will win freedom [from British rule] in a year." Last...
Jacobsen, a tall (6 ft. 1 in.), spare man with a lined, ascetic face, bright brown eyes and explosive energy, has the courage to take big risks, and when necessary, the courage to lose. But he wins far oftener than he loses. He wins because he hunts oil in the...
Almost nothing is known of Bosch's life except that he was a member of a semi-monastic lay community. Critic Fränger, basing his judgment on clues found in the paintings, thinks Bosch was also secretly an Adamite, a member of a sect called "Brethren of the...