In his treatise on sobriety, Nicephorus the Solitary says that the method which he will teach has the happy effect of “leading him who practises it, without labour or sweat, […]
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Nicephorus on Renouncing the World and its Illusions
Kadloubovsky and Palmer open their selection, Writings from the Philokalia on Prayer of the Heart (1951) with a text by Nicephorus the Solitary known as “On Sobriety,” or, to provide […]
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The Feast of the Shoonoyo (Assumption)
In the Maronite tradition, which is a Syriac tradition, we celebrate on 15 August each year, what in that language is called 3eedo shoonoyo. This is known in English as […]
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From Ouspensky to the Philokalia
The Philokalia is really a miniature library. The manuscripts which comprise it were originally written in Greek. Although the texts are mostly far older, the present-day collection was compiled by […]
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An Appreciation of Lennon’s “Walls and Bridges”
Many years have passed since I first heard it, and only now have I come to grips with the Walls and Bridges album. For no other Lennon record has it […]
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The Sexualisation of Culture
I shall be updating this piece from time to time. However, it will be a useful resource as this tragic sexualisation of culture continues. It is not that sexuality has […]
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And so you have something to go on with!
This is from the meeting of Thursday 12 June 1986. I present it in two parts. Although the second part followed directly from the first, what I found of value […]
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For the 29th of July
This is from the meeting of Wednesday 21 November 1979 at Newport. I have had a number of the old cassette tapes transferred to MP3 because they will no longer […]
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Ferapontoff and Fear of the Normans
The Ferapontoff book (Constantinople Notes on the Transition to Man Number 4) has now arrived, and I have to say, completely objectively, that Beech Hill has done an excellent job […]
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St Assya (27 July)
The feast of St Assya, also known as St Pantaleon, is celebrated on 27 July. I set out, in three parts, the account of his life, and then some reflections […]
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