Volume 5 of Spiritual Counsels

This is the fifth volume of the series 'Spiritual Counsels of the Elder Paisios of Mount Athos'.  It is divided into two sections and multiple thematic parts. Each part is subdivided into chapters and every chapter into sections with the appropriate subheadings:

Section 1 The Passions

Part 1 Self-Love: The Source of Passions
Part 2 Pride, The Root of Evil
Part 3 Condemnation, the Great Injustice
Part 4 The Children of Self-Love and Pride

Section 2 The Virtues

Part 1 Humility, the Singular Virtue
Part 2 Spiritual love
Part 3 Nobility and Philotimo
Part 4 Children of Love and Humility

Written in the 'question/answer' format of previous volumes, these pages make the wisdom of this Orthodox Elder come alive to readers who can practically apply them in day-to-day life.

Because Elder Paisios draws on his experiences of living ‘in the world’ (carpenter, military radio operator) as well as what he learned from his interaction with people ‘living in the world’ who came to him for help, his words are easy for us to understand and accept. His style is disarming and practical, not ‘preachy’, intellectual or distant. He does not try to make everyone a monk but rather a humble, spiritual person who loves God and strives to know and keep His commandments.