The Seven Storey Mountain cover art

The Seven Storey Mountain

 Preview

Get 30 days of Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30-day free trial. Cancel monthly.
Try for £0.00
More purchase options
Buy Now for £11.99

Buy Now for £11.99

About this listen

 The Seven Storey Mountain is the extraordinary spiritual testament of Thomas Merton (1915-1968), a man who experienced life to its fullest in the world before entering a Trappist monastery. By the end of his life, he had become one of the 20th century's best known and loved Christian voices. This autobiography deals...not with what happens to a man, but what happens inside his soul.Public Domain (P)2006 Phoenix Books, Inc. Christian Living Christianity Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts Spirituality
All stars
Most relevant
I couldn't put this down. It's a fabulous read, Merton writes like very few can. A wonderful spiritual biography. Only wish it were a bit longer!

Very short but superb

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Divine Love is described Divinely. This book, converted me over 20 years ago and inspires me NOW to continue until I complete my Doctoral thesis on this Divine Beauty.

The Beauty of Religious Life !

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
In these words, Merton enables us to understand self abandonment and complete trust in God, our creator.

“But what was the answer to this paradox? Simply that the monk in hiding himself from the world becomes not less himself, not less of a person, but more of a person, more truly and perfectly himself for his personality and individuality are perfected in their true order, the spiritual, interior order, of union with God, the principle of all perfection. Omnis gloria ejus filiae regis ab intus.

The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of other men! A weird life it is, indeed, to be living always in somebody else’s imagination, as if that were the only place in which one could at last become real!”

This book is not a once only read. I will use it for ongoing spiritual reading and contemplation.

A spiritual journey and conversion. Masterful writing and excellent audible version

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is a wonderful read and shows us the man and the loving spirit that each of us are from the point of view of a boy, a scholar and a monk. loved it.

Beautiful recounting of a spiritual journey

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
loved it have long planned to finish it and finally listened to the entire book in one afternoon

honest simple

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews