The Book of Mystical Chapters: Meditations on the Soul's Ascent, from the Desert Fathers and Other Early Christian Contemplatives by McGuckin, John Anthony - 2003

Shambhala, July 2003. Trade Paperback. Used - Very Good.

Shambhala, 2003-07-08. Paperback. Like New.

Shambhala, 2003-07-08. Paperback. New.

Paperback. Very Good.

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

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Random House Inc, July 2003. Paper Back. New. A beautiful instruction. Simple, and at the same time difficult, each page a poetry to live through. Every line given (and subsequently written) by a desert father to his fellow monks with the intention of it being ''learned by heart and meditated on over and over again for a day or even a week until the paragraph [has] broken like a fruit on the tongue... and revealed its inner flavor to the searching mind.'' Patristic scholar John McGuckin has edited and translated these sayings into three ''centuries,'' or books - Praktikos, Theoretikos and Gnostikos - following the tradition of monastic spiritual ascent. Praktikos involves the training of the soul to understand its own need for a disciplined inner attention - a holy psychology that maps the self to better understand God's mysterious presence there. Theoretikos serves to resolve the difficulties which Praktikos reveals. A place to struggle and work things out.… Read More

Boston: Shambhala, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/NoJacket Issued. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. VG soft cover v slight shelfwear. Collection of teachings of early Christian monks. No marks or annotations no owner inscription

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