Get the study links over on archive.org https://archive.org/details/the-mountain-of-silence-workbook-public-version/The%20Mountain%20of%20Silence%20Study%20Guide-%20Public%20Version/ Mountain of Silence- It’s a good introduction to Orthodoxy spirituality and affordable. It’s the first book in a three part series. It covers a lot of key Orthodox spiritual terms and topics. Most of the terms are found in the Bible, and I find the usages of the root terms in scripture and have their definitions (mostly from the Vines and Philokalia) and some verses included in a study guide. I also add a lot of other quotes for other books and include useful hyperlinks in the guide’s footnotes. I have documented sources but I didn’t not use a standardized documentation format. I cover the main topics of the book in the study guide and have a lot of quotes from the book. I have two versions of the study guide, one 28 pages long and another workbook 33 pages long. I include also PDF versions and Libre office files so the document can be edited as needed. Covers: Western spirituality vs Orthodoxy, how to pray and methods for getting victory over distracting thoughts like daydreaming Illnesses of the Heart: Ignorance, Forgetfulness, Hardness of Heart, Contamination, Imprudence Terms: Metanoia, Nous, Askesis, Logismos, Plani, Theosis, Catharsis, Temptation, Discrimination, Dispassion, and more Five stages when temped by the logismoi: Assault, Interaction, Consent, Captivity, Passion/Obsession 00:00 Introduction 00:35 What’s been going on 01:14 What I’ve been reading 02:32 Neo-gnostics and proto-Protestantism 05:05 Other related books 06:09 The workbook 06:48 Glossary and dictionary for terms 07:59 E-sword 08:47 Back to The Mountain of Silence 10:18 About the book 11:01 Quote 1 12:01 Illness of the heart and key terms 12:39 Quote 2 13:38 Quote 3 14:06 Quote 4 14:20 Quote 5 14:44 Conclusion

Saint Gregory Palamas- Dialogue Between an Orthodox and a Barlaamite Published by State University of New York Press www.sunypress.edu https://sunypress.edu/Books/D/Dialogue-Between-an-Orthodox-and-a-Barlaamite This book can be purchased used, but the books is usually cheaper on the University website ($29.95). This book is not a section of a larger work such as the Triads but its own composition. It is written as a debate and conversation between a Barlaamite and an Orthodox. The main text is quite small at 45 pages, and this translation includes the original Greek. I recommend this book to anyone interested in St. Gregory Palamas and the Hesychast Controversy but willing to learn some Greek. In this video I cover a lot of the quotes that I found interesting. Link to Orthodox Wiki on the 8th Ecumenical Council: https://orthodoxwiki.org/Eighth_Ecumenical_Council 00:00 Start 00:04 Intro 02:17 Comments on the Translation 05:34 Quotes from the Introduction 15:43 Quotes from St. Gregory 20:09 St. Gregory on the Seven Spirits of God 24:13 More St. Gregory Quotes 32:44 St. Gregory on the Charismatic Gifts 36:07 Conclusion

In this video I read the life of St. Christopher from the Synaxarion, which contains the account of when he spoke in tongues. I also read a section from The Great Synaxaristies. 00:00 Introduction 01:16 His Life from the Synaxarion 07:08 Account from the Great Synaxaristies 08:51 Another Account St. Christopher of Lycia (249) Feast Days is May 9th Prologue of Ohrid- Very short life (pg 458 in Volume I) Synaxarion- Small life (pg 99-102 in Volume V) The Great Synaxaristies- a long life (pg 469-494, Tongues account pg 470-471 and pg489 in the May Volume)

I briefly discuss my upcoming music releases and my reboot of graphite412