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The Monastic Magnet - Roads to and from Mount Athos (Paperback, New edition)
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The Monastic Magnet - Roads to and from Mount Athos (Paperback, New edition)
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Mount Athos has been exercising its magnetic attraction on monks
and pilgrims for over a thousand years. As the papers collected in
this volume show (many of them delivered at a conference convened
in Helsinki in 2006 to mark the opening of an exhibition of
treasures of Mount Athos), monks have been drawn to its forests,
cliffs, and caves in search of tranquillity and the inspiring
teaching of charismatic elders since the ninth century. Through the
Hesychastic renewal which began on Athos in the late Middle Ages
the Holy Mountain acquired unprecedented importance throughout the
Balkans, Eastern Europe, and Russia and rapidly extended its
spiritual influence from the Mediterranean to the White Sea. Many
of the papers are concerned with aspects of pilgrimage to Athos and
the effect that a visit to the Mountain has on pilgrims' lives.
Today the magnetism has lost none of its force and, despite threats
to its environment and its unique way of life, Athos continues to
operate as a spiritual powerhouse offering refreshment to all who
turn to it.
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