THE ART AND SCIENCE OF HEALING THE SOUL: A Guide to Orthodox Psychotherapy Paperback – November 21, 2010

The book reads like a dissertation setting out to persuade that orthodox Christian praxis, particularly the tradition of hesychia, can unlock the nous and heal the psyche. The book includes an exhaustive vocabulary of orthodox terms and plausibly explains there corollaries in traditional psychoanalysis. After reading the book I became convinced of the applicability of hesychasm especially the repeating of the Jesus and prayer in meditation. I tried it myself and discovered that when at war with the passions, the spiritual war, the repetition of the Jesus prayer is indispensable. I did not believe that there was a spiritual aspect to life until I tried the protocol found at the back of the book laying out the practice of hesycastic meditation as found in the writings of the saints. I recommend also reading the Philocalia. Let’s win the spiritual war with Christ who will have mercy on us.