Today the artist has inherited the combined functions of hermit, pilgr…

Thomas Merton
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Today the artist has inherited the combined functions of hermit, pilgrim, prophet, priest, shaman, sorcerer, soothsayer, alchemist. ✨ Thomas Merton, Patrick Hart (1985). The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton, p.379, New Directions Publishing
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Today the artist has inherited the combined functions of hermit, pilgrim, prophet, priest, shaman, sorcerer, soothsayer, alchemist. ✨ Thomas Merton, Patrick Hart (1985). The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton, p.379, New Directions Publishing

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