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Ignatius Brianchaninov
On Spiritual Delusion (prelest)
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On Spiritual Delusion (prelest)
О прелести
The second part of the treatise on the Jesus Prayer, often published separately and regarded as the classic Russian exposition of prelest. 'Prelest is the damaging of human nature by falsehood'; all of us have been in it since the Fall, and the greatest delusion is to think oneself free of it. Ignatius distinguishes two forms: 'opinion' (mnenie), which forms a false image of one's own holiness and produces pride, and 'fancy' (mechtanie), which excites the imagination with visions and sensations and can lead to madness. He illustrates both with examples, such as the schemamonk Porphyry of Valaam, a reader of The Imitation of Christ, and explains that only humility, repentance and the guidance of the Fathers protect against them.
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Ignatius Brianchaninov
О прелести
The Conscious Library
Other works by Ignatius Brianchaninov
- Ascetic Experiences, vol. I · 1865
- Ascetic Experiences, vol. II · 1865
- On the Prayer of Jesus (a conversation between an elder and his disciple) · 1867
- An Offering to Contemporary Monasticism (The Arena) · 1867
- A Word on Death · 1862
- Supplement to the Word on Death · 1864
- A Word on the Sensory and Spiritual Vision of Spirits · 1863
- A Word on Man · 1862
- A Word on Angels
- Letter to a Clergyman on Why He Called the Human Soul 'Ethereal'
- A Word on Salvation and Christian Perfection · 1863
- On the Various States of Human Nature in Relation to Good and Evil
- Exposition of the Teaching of the Orthodox Church on the Mother of God
- Ascetic Sermons · 1867
- The Paterikon (Selected Sayings of the Holy Monks) · 1870
- The Lament of a Monk for His Brother Who Has Fallen into Sinful Temptation · 1831
- My Lament
- The Cup of Christ · 1862
- The Garden in Winter
- The Tree in Winter before the Cell Window
- A Rule of Attention to Oneself for Those Living in the World
- The Judgements of God · 1867
- On Monasticism (a dialogue between a layman and a monk) · 1869
- On Miracles and Signs · 1870
- On the End of the World (three teachings) · 1870
- Rules of Outward Conduct for Novice Monks
- On Bearing Sorrows, according to the Holy Fathers
- Preparation for the Sacraments of Confession and Communion · 1883
- In Aid of Penitents
- On Prayer (anthology)
- The Valaam Monastery · 1847
- A Recollection of the Borodino Monastery · 1847
- Lutheranism · 1844
- The Concept of Heresy and Schism
- On the Need for a Council in the Present State of the Russian Church
- Life of the Schemamonk Theodore · 1828
- Reflections on Church Painting · 1847
- Poetic Essays and Literary Writings
- Reports on the State of the St Petersburg Deanery
- Articles on Church and Social Questions
- Address at His Nomination as Bishop of the Caucasus (1857) · 1857
- Letters to Various Persons
- Letters to Antony (Bochkov), Hegumen of Cheremenets · 1875
- Letters to Nikolai Muravyov-Karsky
- Letters to the Elders Leonid and Macarius of Optina
- Letter to the Painter Karl Bryullov
- Letters to Chief Procurator A. P. Tolstoy, Count D. N. Sheremetev and A. S. Norov
- Letters to Monks, Bishops and Abbots
- Correspondence with Friends and Acquaintances; Business Correspondence
- Works of Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov (5 vols) · 1865
- Complete Works and Letters (modern editions) · 2001
Sources
- Ignati (Brianchanínov). «О молитве Иисусовой» (Отделы I–III: «О молитве Иисусовой вообще», «О прелести», «Об упражнении молитвою Иисусовою»), en Аскетические опыты, t. I, caps. 26–28. Texto en Azbuka very.
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