ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
The Apostles’ letters also point to the great value of the wilderness, noetic hesychia, inner purification and watchfulness. Here too I would like to recall a few relevant passages. Continue reading “Hesychia: Our Method of True Healing (Orthodox Psychotherapy) – Part 2”
by Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos
One of the fundamental methods of curing the soul is stillness in the full sense of the word. I believe that we have already made this clear. Contemporary man is seeking healing for his life, especially for his inner condition, precisely because he is over-strained. Therefore one of the messages which Orthodoxy can offer to the contemporary weary, discouraged and floundering world is the message of silence. Continue reading “Hesychia: Our Method of True Healing (Orthodox Psychotherapy) – Part 1”
Here we present an excerpt from the ‘Introduction’ of the English edition of ‘Philokalia’ by G.E.H. Palmer, Philip Sherrard, Archimandrite Kallistos Ware, in 1977. We selected the crucial parts that explain what ‘Philokalia’ is for the non-familiar reader. Continue reading “‘Philokalia of the Sacred (Holy) Neptic (Fathers)’; a brief presentation for one of the most important books of Orthodox spirituality and psychotherapy”
by Metropolitan Hierotheos (Vlachos)
The neptic teaching of the Church that refers to the inner world is strongly related to the social teaching. It might be supposed that the ascetic life of the Church has no contact with reality. In fact, the opposite is true. Only by making this analysis of the Fall are we able to solve the problems emerging in our life. We saw some of the consequences before. Now we will turn to the dramatic consequences of man’s departure from God that show that Orthodox theology is a most radical and modern action. Continue reading “The Church as a Therapeutic Center: Consequences of Man’s Fall”
During the Lorenz Eitner Lecture at Stanford, classics scholar Peter Meineck explored how cognitive research methods shed light on the ancient and contemporary theatrical experience.
By Stephen Sansom Continue reading “What Can Neuroscience Tell us about Greek Theatre?”
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Constance Evans Romero. Continue reading “Ancient ecstatic theater and Analytical Psychology: creating space for Dionysus”
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