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The Prayer of Deep Silence – A Prayer of the Hesychast Tradition for the Purification of the Heart, the Reception of the Divine Energies, and Deification (Theosis)
✦ THE PRAYER OF DEEP SILENCE A Prayer of the Hesychast Tradition for the Purification of the Heart, the Reception of the Divine Energies, and Deification (Theosis) Based on the Philokalia · The theology of Gregory Palamas · The meditations of Isaac the Syrian ✦ INTRODUCTION Why Does the Human Being Need Deep Silence? Hesychasm (Greek: ἡσυχία — hesychia) is the most profound tradition of spiritual practice in the…