Springs of Contemplation - Paperbackby Thomas Merton (Author) 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. Author Biography Thomas Merton (1915 1968) is one of the