{"product_id":"the-book-of-mystical-chapters-meditations-on-the-souls-ascent-from-the-desert-fathers-and-other-early-christian-contemplatives-1590300076","title":"The Book of Mystical Chapters: Meditations on the Soul's Ascent, from the Desert Fathers and Other Early Christian Contemplatives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1590300076\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e John Anthony McGuckin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe early Christian monks of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine were the spiritual heroes of their age-fleeing the security of civilization for the desert, where they sought God in lives of prayer, contemplation, and radical simplicity. This book is a portable collection of their teachings, and those of their contemplative contemporaries, ranging from the fourth through the eleventh centuries. It is arranged to the traditional model of three ascending \"books\": Praktikos (practice), Theoretikos (theory), and Gnosis (knowledge). Each book consists of 100 \"sentences\"-aphorisms or thoughts. Each sentence is intended to be read and meditated upon for an entire day-just as the monks themselves might have done as they went about their work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52157455794464,"sku":"NEW1590300076","price":18.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/91BCfipZloL.jpg?v=1786043483","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-book-of-mystical-chapters-meditations-on-the-souls-ascent-from-the-desert-fathers-and-other-early-christian-contemplatives-1590300076","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}