The early Christian monks of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine were the spiritual heroes of their age—fleeing the security of civilization for the desert, where they sought God in lives of prayer, contemplation, and radical simplicity. This book is a portable collection of their teachings, and those of their contemplative contemporaries, ranging from the fourth through the eleventh centuries. It is arranged to the traditional model of three ascending "books": Praktikos (practice), Theoretikos (theory), and Gnosis (knowledge). Each book consists of 100 "sentences"—aphorisms or thoughts. Each sentence is intended to be read and meditated upon for an entire day—just as the monks themselves might have done as they went about their work.
- ISBN10 1570629005
- ISBN13 9781570629006
- Publish Date 14 May 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 January 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Shambhala Publications Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 144
- Language English