The Book of Mystical Chapters

Meditations on the Soul's Ascent, from the Desert Fathers and Other Early Christian Contemplatives

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The early Christian monks of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine were the spiritual heroes of their age-fleeing the security of civilization for the desert, where they sought God in lives of prayer, contemplation, and radical simplicity. This book is a portable collection of their teachings, and those of their contemplative contemporaries, ranging from the fourth through the eleventh centuries. It is arranged to the traditional model of three ascending "books": Praktikos (practice), Theoretikos (theory), and Gnosis (knowledge). Each book consists of 100 "sentences"-aphorisms or thoughts. Each sentence is intended to be read and meditated upon for an entire day-just as the monks themselves might have done as they went about their work.
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Writer
McGuckin, John Anthony
Title
The Book of Mystical Chapters
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc
Year
2003
Language
English
Pages
224
Weight
274 gr
EAN
9781590300077
Dimensions
210 x 140 x 14 mm
Binding format
Paperback

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