Unseen Warfare | Spiritual Combat

[Kshatriya]

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None shall be crowned who has not fought well.
------- 2 Tim. 2: 5
From the Venetian original of Lorenzo Scupoli ‘Il Combattimento spirituale'
[The Spiritual Combat (http://www.catholictradition.org/Classics/combat.htm)] enhanced by Saint Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain, and Saint Theophan the Recluse.

DOWNLOAD EBOOK (http://ortodox.felmer.org/documents/Unseen%20Warfare.pdf) [PDF].

[Kshatriya]

The Ladder of Divine Ascent is an ascetical treatise on avoiding vice and practicing virtue so that at the end, salvation can be obtained. Written by Saint John Climacus initially for monastics, it has become one of the most highly influential and important works used by the Church as far as guiding the faithful to a God-centered life, second only to Holy Scripture.

Please note: Like with other ascetical and spiritual texts, this one should be read carefully. Since the original audience was those practicing the monastic life, the language is very strong when contrasting the life of the world and the life devoted to God. This is one of the reasons why this work should be read under the guidance of a spiritual father. This work can be read at once with careful attention and intense concentration, trying to replicate as much as possible the monastic life. Yet it can also be read in its individual steps as well. The bottom line is that a spiritual father should be there as a guiding hand with this work.

Download eBook (http://www.4shared.com/file/qk7tqid9/St_John_Climacus_-_The_Ladder_.html).

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The Philokalia is a collection of writings, mostly centering on practicing the virtues and spiritual living in a monastery. In recent decades it has become an important resource for Orthodox Christians, laity and clergy alike, in personal living and in some ways has achieved status as a major secondary spiritual written resource (after the primary one, Holy Scripture) along with St. John Climacus' The Ladder of Divine Ascent.

Download eBook (http://www.4shared.com/document/SEefrEFD/Philokalia_English.html).

[Kshatriya]

The Ladder of Divine Ascent is an ascetical treatise on avoiding vice and practicing virtue so that at the end, salvation can be obtained. Written by Saint John Climacus initially for monastics, it has become one of the most highly influential and important works used by the Church as far as guiding the faithful to a God-centered life, second only to Holy Scripture.

Please note: Like with other ascetical and spiritual texts, this one should be read carefully. Since the original audience was those practicing the monastic life, the language is very strong when contrasting the life of the world and the life devoted to God. This is one of the reasons why this work should be read under the guidance of a spiritual father. This work can be read at once with careful attention and intense concentration, trying to replicate as much as possible the monastic life. Yet it can also be read in its individual steps as well. The bottom line is that a spiritual father should be there as a guiding hand with this work.

Download eBook (http://www.4shared.com/file/qk7tqid9/St_John_Climacus_-_The_Ladder_.html).
Here is a working link: The Ladder (http://www.4shared.com/file/qk7tqid9/St_John_Climacus_-_The_Ladder_.html)

[Kshatriya]

Way of the Ascetics
The Ancient Tradition of Discipline and Inner Growth
by Tito Colliander

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Download eBook (http://www.4shared.com/document/XUTiCSd_/Tito_Colliander__-_Way_of_the_.html).

[Kshatriya]

Lilies of the Field

(or The Field Flowers)

by Saint Paisius Velichkovsky

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Excerpts (http://www.voskrese.info/spl/Xpaissy-vel.html).

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[Kshatriya]

On the Prayer of Jesus

St. Ignatius Brianchaninov

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Audio-book (http://www.4shared.com/file/jRPfLDrq/St_Ignatius_Brianchaninov_-_On.html).


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[Pastor Bill]

The Ladder of Divine Ascent is an ascetical treatise on avoiding vice and practicing virtue so that at the end, salvation can be obtained. Written by Saint John Climacus initially for monastics, it has become one of the most highly influential and important works used by the Church as far as guiding the faithful to a God-centered life, second only to Holy Scripture.

Please note: Like with other ascetical and spiritual texts, this one should be read carefully. Since the original audience was those practicing the monastic life, the language is very strong when contrasting the life of the world and the life devoted to God. This is one of the reasons why this work should be read under the guidance of a spiritual father. This work can be read at once with careful attention and intense concentration, trying to replicate as much as possible the monastic life. Yet it can also be read in its individual steps as well. The bottom line is that a spiritual father should be there as a guiding hand with this work.

Download eBook (http://www.4shared.com/file/qk7tqid9/St_John_Climacus_-_The_Ladder_.html).

________________________________________________

The Philokalia is a collection of writings, mostly centering on practicing the virtues and spiritual living in a monastery. In recent decades it has become an important resource for Orthodox Christians, laity and clergy alike, in personal living and in some ways has achieved status as a major secondary spiritual written resource (after the primary one, Holy Scripture) along with St. John Climacus' The Ladder of Divine Ascent.

Download eBook (http://www.4shared.com/document/SEefrEFD/Philokalia_English.html).
If you like that sort of thing then you should like the cloud of unknowing by anonymus. It is a 13th century text originally written by an English monk/hermit as instruction to his disciple.