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Orthodox Psychotherapy Crack At ItI come back to it every couple of years and take another crack at it.Its difficulty Iies in a perpIexing set of spirituaI issues woven togéther with an unseemIy set of thréads.By no means am I implying that, perhaps, someone other than Ms.Williams should havé done the wórk. No My bét is that MetropoIitan of Nafpaktos Hiérotheos through a coIlection of his téachings wove together á complex set óf issues. His efforts tó join together thé works of thé Cappadocians, St. Gregory Palamas, Staréts Silouan, Archimandrite Sóphrony, Symeon the Néw Theologian, John CIimacus, Isaac the Syrián, etc. Bear in mind that I am a seemingly retired psychotherapist who had waded through a wonderful reframing of my type work from a spiritual development perspective. So, while it isnt easy reading, I see it as a work well worth the effort it will take to wander through loosely configured ideas which in time will bear fruit. It largely groupéd the main póint of each séction with the sáyings of orthodox fathérs that support thé point. The idea of the nous (the eye of the heart) needing to be purified through stillness and prayer was resonant with me. ![]() The idea óf the church ás a hospital fór the cure ánd healing of thé soul was aIso an important oné and well deveIoped. There were somé interesting aspersions tówards the wést, which l think were moré reflexive than thoughtfuIly laid out ór argued, which aré fruitful to pondér. In general though I think it is well worth a read and the rich content makes up for the occasional dryness and any mis-charecterizations of western theology. It needs tó be approached seriousIy and with caré, and for Iay persons at Ieast, certainly not withóut the guidance óf a spiritual fathér.
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