The Way of a Pilgrim and The Pilgrim Continues His Way [VINTAGE 1952] [SECOND EDIITION, FIRST PRINTING]

French, R.M. (translator)

Verlag: The Seabury Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1952

Beschreibung

Fine unread condition glossy color illustrated softcover wraps. Includes To the Reader; Introduction by R.M. French; Note to the Second Edition by R.M. French, Hampstead, 1952; Notes; Biographical Notes and a rear section of Maps. Illustrated with maps. An unobtrusive one inch closed tear at the upper rear spine edge "The Way of a Pilgrim was first published in 1930. Its sequel, The Pilgrim Continues His Way, came into my hands later and was published separately. The two are now issued as one continuous narrative. I have added a few more short biographical notes on the Easter Fathers who are mentioned in the text. All the biographical notes are now printed apart from the other notes and in alphabetical order." - from the Preliminary Page entitled Note to Second Edition, by R.M. French, Hampstead, 1952. "The Russian title of this book may be literally translated "Candid Narratives of a Pilgrim to His Spiritual Father." The title chosen for the English version explains itself and is meant to cover the twofold interest of the book. It is the story of some of the Pilgrim's experiences as he made his way from place to place in Russia and Siberia. No one can miss the charm of these travel notes in the simple directness with which they are told and the clear-cut sketches of people with they contain. It is also the story of the Pilgrim's learning and practicing, and on occasion teaching to others, a way of praying. Upon this, the hesychast method of prayer, much might be said, and not everyone will be in sympathy with it. But everyone will appreciate the sincerity of his conviction and few probably will doubt the reality of his experience. Strongly contrasted as the method may be with an ordinary religious Englishman's habits of devotion, for another type of soul it may still be the expression of vivid realization of the truth "for me to live is Christ." Those who wish to read more of the hesychast method of prayer and its connection with the great Byzantine Mystic, St. Simeon the New Theologian, who lived from 949 to 1022, may be referred to Orientalia Christiana, Vol. IX, No. 36 (June and July, 1927). Of the Pilgrim's identity nothing is known. In some way his manuscript, or a copy of it, came into the hands of a monk on Mount Athos, in whose possession it was found by the Abbot of St. Michael's Monastery at Kazan. The Abbot copied the manuscript, and from his copy the book was printed at Kazan in 1884." - excerpt from the Introduction. "An extraordinary account of the life of a wanderer-in-Christ who has done a great deal to bring the soul of Eastern Christianity to light in the Western world." -- Helene Iswolsky. "The pilgrim's spontaneous ministry of love to his fellow men, his earnest wrestlings with the problem of how to pray continually, his humble receptiveness to the promptings of God become a shared religioous experience with the reader. Wholly accessible to persons unschooled in formal theology or complex mystical devotions." - Edmund Fuller. ". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007214

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Way of a Pilgrim and The Pilgrim ...

Verlag: The Seabury Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Erscheinungsdatum: 1952

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition