Philokalic Meditations
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This article by Jacques Touraille, translator of the Philokalia into French, offers a series of philokalic meditations inspired by the hesychast tradition and the spirit of Saint Nikodemos the Hagiorite. The approach is contemplative and meditative, articulating theological reflection around cosmic light as an image and receptacle of the divine Light. The central idea is that knowledge of God does not belong to a rational process but to a subject-to-subject relationship, grounded in love and grace. The article explores the tension between cosmic time and liturgical time, between the mystical and the real, between temporal life and eternal life. Its theological contribution lies in the articulation of the prayer of the heart, discernment (*diacrisis*), and paschal transfiguration as the Christian path of the assumption of time into eternity.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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