In 1962, Reiner Schürmann began studying at the Dominican school of theology Le Saulchoir, outside Paris. That experience radically shaped his life and work, enabling him to begin to develop many of the ideas for which he would later be known: letting be, life without why, ontological anarchy, and the tragic double bind.



Ways of Releasement

contains never before published material from Schürmanns early period, including selections from an early, more Christocentric version of



Wandering Joy

and several shorter, impassioned writings in which Schürmann tests his faith against Eckharts teaching of the Godhead, Heideggers later philosophy, his growing interest in Soto Zen, and the possibilities and limits of language. The volume also contains a report Schürmann wrote about his encounter with Heidegger, a précis of his autobiographical novel



Origins

, and translations and new editions of later groundbreaking essays.



Ways of Releasement

concludes with an extensive afterword contextualizing Schürmanns writings in relation to his thinking and life.