#evagrius

[hiljametsa]

“According to Evagrius: no one prevails in his fight without wisdom, and no one acquires wisdom without a fight.”

St. Isaac of Nineveh, Headings 1:17.

[gods-blade]

The noonday demon makes it seem that the sun barely moves, if at all, and the day is fifty hours long.

—Evagrius, The Praktikos

[santmat]

"The offspring of pure prayer is swallowed up by the Spirit. From this point on, the mind is beyond prayer, and prayer has ceased from it now that it has found something even more excellent. No longer does the mind actually pray, but there is a gaze of wonder at the Inaccessible Things which do not belong to the world of mortal beings.” (Evagrius, quoted in, The Syriac Fathers on Prayer and the Spiritual Life)

Note: Evagrius was from Egypt but was very popular in Syria also.

[theinwardlight]

Photo: interior of Shaker Meeting House in Pleasant Hill, Kentucky

[theinwardlight]

Prayer is the letting go of thoughts.

Evagrius the Solitary 

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[spiritualdirections]

Acedia: Beating Back the ”Noonday Devil” - Word on Fire

Ancient monks understood the demonic threat behind the spiritual torpor of “acedia,” and many of them, including St. Benedict, knew how to f

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