“Intrusive Thoughts”, Part 1, Silouan the Athonite (Fuller Treatment), Episode 14, Prof. C. Veniamin

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Episode 14: “Intrusive Thoughts”, Part 1, St. Silouan the Athonite (Fuller Treatment)
Unit 16: “Sts. Silouan and Sophrony the Athonites: Principles of the Christian Life”, by Prof. Christopher Veniamin
Series: “Mystical Theology"
Based on the reading of St. Sophrony’s masterful introduction to Saint Silouan the Athonite, “Intrusive Thoughts”, Part 1, offers a fuller treatment of one of the most important subjects in the Orthodox spiritual life, and one which is especially helpful for spiritual fathers and leaders of the Church. Some of the themes covered in this podcast are listed in the Timestamps below. Presented by Prof. Christopher Veniamin, a spiritual child of St. Sophrony.
It is hoped that these presentations will help the enquirer discern the interwoven character of Orthodox theology and the Orthodox Christian life, and to identify the ascetic and pastoral significance of the Orthodox ethos.
Q&As related to Episode 14 available in The Professor’s Blog.
Recommended background reading: Saint Silouan the Athonite, by St. Sophrony the Athonite; and The Enlargement of the Heart, by Archimandrite Zacharias
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Κεφάλαια

1. Thoughts - Introduction (00:00:00)

2. St. Paisios the Athonite: "When we pray for others…" (00:06:28)

3. “Development of Intrusive Thoughts”: “logismos” (sing.), “logismoi” (pl.) (00:09:04)

4. Initial stage characterized by an “eikon”, image (00:11:47)

5. “o kyriarchos nous”, the mind that is in control of one’s being (00:12:54)

6. “aisthema hedones”, a sense of pleasure; “protasis”, proposal (00:15:23)

7. Further development of an intrusive thought (00:17:47)

8. “Sympathy”, “synomelia”, “syndiasmos”, “synkatathesis”, “aichmalosia”, “hexis” (00:19:25)

9. Wavering of the Will: Two Wills in Christ, Divine and Human (00:24:19)

10. 32:58 Example of St. Paisios the Athonite: the Saints acquire (are given) the same characteristics as God (00:32:38)

11. Saints are collaborators with God (00:34:59)

12. Royal priesthood: mediator and microtheos (00:36:02)

13. Thanksgiving: the Divine Liturgy (00:38:39)