My first book has just been published: The Philokalia: The Eastern Christian Spiritual Texts -- Selections Annotated and Explained (SkyLight Paths, 2006: ISBN 1594731039). It lists for $16.99, but Amazon has it for $11.04.
The Philokalia is the great spiritual classic of Eastern Orthodox Christainity. It has been published in English in four volumes, with a fifth volume of supplementary materials due out within a year. Because the size of the work can be intimidating to first-time readers, I have taken selections from the four published volumes and added notes and commentary to help introduce the reader to the world of the Philokalia.
The selections are organized thematically in seven chapters: (1) Repentance; (2) The Heart; (3) Prayer; (4) The Jesus Prayer; (5) The Passions; (6) Stillness; and (7) In the End: Theosis. There is an introduction and a list of suggestions for further reading.
The book is a part of the Illuminations series from SkyLight Paths, which presents edited and annotated editions of spiritual classics from the major world religions. The series includes an edition of another Orthodox classic, The Way of a Pilgrim. SkyLightPaths has also republished The Monks of Mount Athos (formerly O Holy Mountain) by the late Trappist monk, Father Basil Pennington.
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