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Spiritual Delusion, Visions, and Discernment: The Orthodox Teaching on Prelest, Dreams, Apparitions, Angels, Demons, and Miracles
By Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov
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Approach spiritual experiences with discernment.
What should a Christian make of vivid dreams, consolations, apparent visions, or claims of miracles? Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov brings such questions back to repentance, humility, and the danger of spiritual self-deception, known as prelest. This focused collection gives readers his developed arguments about prayer, imagination, and extraordinary experiences, making it a useful companion to his wider ascetical writings.
Inside this book
- Prelest and spiritual self-deception
- Dreams, visions, and imagined holiness
- Miracles, suffering, and spiritual sobriety
Choose this for a serious study of Ignatius’s counsel on discernment, especially alongside On the Jesus Prayer and Ascetical Experiences.
Edition details
- Author
- Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Length
- 173 pages
- Trim size
- 6 × 9 inches
- ISBN
- 9798187367962
- Publication date
- July 15, 2026