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Dr. David Odorisio on Merton's Monk Mode
David Odorisio, an Ojai resident and Pacifica Graduate Institute professor, recently compiled a collection of essays from Thomas Merton, the mystic, monk, philosopher and author, titled, "Merton in California: The Redwood Conferences & Letters." He was featured by Kit Stolz in the Summer issue of Ojai Quarterly.
Odorisio talked about his lifelong fascination with Merton, the Trappist monk who burst into fame with his book, "The Seven Storey Mountain," written while he was a monk at Gethsemani Monastery near Bardstown, Kentucky. Odorisio has had quite a journey himself, from growing up in…
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