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Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step One and Two

Posted in DefaultTag, St. John Climacus, Ladder of Divine Ascent, Renunciation, Detachment on Apr 25th, 2013 Comments

Ladder of Divine Ascent; St. John Climacus; Renunciation; Detachment

Ladder of Divine Ascent - Introduction and Step One

Posted in St. John Climacus, Ladder of Divine Ascent, Renunciation on Apr 18th, 2013 Comments

Ladder of Divine Ascent and St. John Climacus, History and background; structure and emphases of the work; What does the Ladder mean for those living in the world; Step One - On the Renunciation of the World

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Philokalic Spirituality in a Post-Modern Culture

Posted in DefaultTag, Nous, Asceticism, Asceticism and Modernity on Apr 11th, 2013 Comments

A study on the anthropology of Saint Gregory Palamas.

The theology of the person, as this is revealed in the hesychast ascetic tradition, is the most significant counter-argument to post-modern individualism and relativism. The ascetics of introversion and of conscious tranquility (hesychia) is not a psychological proposition but the authentic and only way of transforming the “repulsive mask” into a person.

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Nous Part Ten - Theoretic Nous and Deified Nous

Posted in DefaultTag, Nous, Theosis, Deification on Apr 4th, 2013 Comments

Theosis and Deification - "Mind that sees God"; cannot reached blessed state unless passing through practical stage of asceticism and purification; fixed and faultless movement between nous of man and Nous of God; joy that comes through theosis; seeing God's virtues in self.