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the teaching that made saints

robin amis

mystic practices of the early church wednesday 9 march 7pm This talk will deal with the Christian teaching of inner stillness and the waking of the heart, in the form that once made saints - and sometimes does so today. It survives in its original form in the thousand-year-old monasteries of Mount Athos, its effectiveness in healing the psyche 'guaranteed' by the criteria confirmed by the early ecumenical councils, which were written into Constantine's Roman law. Until now, that teaching never reached the Western world except as scattered fragments. This ancient spiritual science, now rediscovered, is still effective when it is understood and put into practice - although its aims and ways extend far outside the bounds of modern life. Robin Amis is the author of A Different Christianity, the translator of Hesychast Saint Gregory Palamas, and the editor of six major works by Saint Theophan the Recluse, P.D. Ouspensky, and Boris Mouravieff. He is now working on two books in co-operation with one of the great monasteries of Mount Athos. Robin vowed, more than thirty years ago, to become a full-time professional investigator of this forgotten teaching. He is now taking the process deeper, by direct participation, in contact with the centres of the Tradition on Mount Athos. He keeps his promise by adapting the language of the ancient tradition to meet the needs of modern life in the West. www.praxisresearch.org Admission £7.50 (£5.00 concessions) BOOK ON-LINE NOW