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The article discusses 20th century Catholic monk Thomas Merton's understanding of hospitality. It describes Merton's monastic disciplines at the Abbey of Gethsemani, the relationship between his hermetic asceticism and his welcoming of visitors to his hermitage, and his understanding of worldliness and engagement with the world as demonstrated in his spiritual autobiography "The Seven Storey Mountain." Other subjects under discussion include Merton's engagement with other religions, his prayer habits, and the mysticism expressed in his journal "Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander."