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Showing posts with label Dreams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dreams. Show all posts
Friday, July 17, 2020

Thoughts on Watchfulness and Vigilance After Watching "A Nightmare on Elm Street"

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I was at my local drive-in theater a few days ago watching the 1984 original A Nightmare on Elm Street , which I've seen at least a doz...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

On Dreams (St. Gregory the Dialogist)

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By St. Gregory the Dialogist ( Dialogues , Bk. 4, Chs. 48 & 49) You must understand that there are six kind of dreams. For sometime t...
Thursday, September 8, 2016

On Spiritual Deception (St. Ignatius Brianchaninov)

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By Bishop Ignatius (Brianchaninov) Disciple: Give me a precise and detailed notion of spiritual deception. What exactly is this condition...
Monday, August 22, 2016

On Dreams (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

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By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos In the previous chapter we discussed fantasy and imagination, the damage they cause to our spiritu...
Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Saint Paisios the Athonite on Spiritual Delusion

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Ascesis and delusion - Elder, I am afraid of delusion. - So you should. Whoever is afraid of delusion will not be deluded, because they a...
Thursday, October 1, 2015

On Dreams, Superstitions and the Evil Eye

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By Archimandrite Vasilios Bakoyiannis A Greek proverb says “The devil has lots of legs.” He can walk many paths, some of them very tortur...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

St. John Climacus: On Demons and Dreams

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By St. John Climacus - A dream is a movement of the mind while the body is at rest. A phantasy is an illusion of the eyes when the intelle...
Friday, February 6, 2015

Saint Barsanuphios the Great on Demonic Dreams and Delusions

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Q: Can the demons communicate anything good? And how does one discover that it is demonic? And what distinguishes it from something good fr...