{"product_id":"9780547537078","title":"The Ascent to Truth","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe author of \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Storey Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e explores the mysticism of Saint John of the Cross.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe only thing that can save the world from complete moral collapse is a spiritual revolution. . . . The desire for unworldliness, detachment, and union with God is the most fundamental expression of this revolutionary spirit.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAscent to Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, author and Trappist Monk Thomas Merton makes an impassioned case for the importance of contemplation. Drawing on a range of thinkers—from Carl Jung to Pope Pius XII—Merton defines the nature of contemplative experience and shows how the Christian mysticism of sixteenth-century Spanish Carmelite Saint John of the Cross offers essential answers to our disquieting and troubling times.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “For any who have the desire to look into meditation and contemplation . . . this is the book for which they have waited.” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “For those who may be curious about mysticism, and for those who may be called to a life of contemplation, this is an excellent book.” —\u003ci\u003eCatholic World\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120256827632,"sku":"9780547537078","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547537078_p0.jpg?v=1769896152","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547537078","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}