The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Christian Mysticism
About This Book
Markides takes a different direction from his earlier Daskalos books — traveling to Mount Athos, the ancient Greek Orthodox monastic republic, to discover whether the living mystical tradition of Eastern Christianity still exists. His encounter with Father Maximos — a young monk steeped in the hesychast tradition of contemplative prayer — reveals a spiritual depth in Orthodox Christianity that is virtually unknown to the wider world.
What You'll Learn
The hesychast tradition of Eastern Orthodox mysticism — based on the practice of the Jesus Prayer and the cultivation of inner silence — is one of the deepest contemplative traditions on Earth, yet is almost completely unknown outside Eastern Europe. The goal of the hesychast path is theosis — the deification of the human person through the direct participation of human consciousness in divine light. The spiritual fruits of genuine hesychast practice — inner peace, compassion, healing gifts — demonstrate that this tradition remains alive and transformative in the 21st century.
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