• Prelest, also known as spiritual delusion, spiritual deception, or spiritual illusion, is an Eastern Orthodox Christian term for a spiritual state of...
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    Hesychasm (section Prelest)
    seeking after "spiritual" experiences can lead to spiritual delusion (Ru. prelest, Gr. plani) – the antonym of sobriety – in which a person believes himself...
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    contradict the teaching of the Holy Fathers and can lead to delusion (prelest). Besides many Holy Fathers, Professor Osipov cites the letters of St....
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  • Jerusalem syndrome Mass hysteria Monothematic delusion Paris syndrome Prelest Reduplicative paramnesia From Latin delusio lit. 'deceiving', from deludere...
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    -{ost/est} (мъдрост /ˈmɤdrost/ 'wisdom', низост /ˈnizost/ 'vileness', прелест /ˈprɛlɛst/ 'loveliness', болест /ˈbɔlɛst/ 'sickness', любов /ljuˈbɔf/ 'love'), and...
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    third position claims that glossolalia does exist, but it is a form of prelest, not the "speaking in tongues" described in the New Testament. It believes...
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    168 pp. Jastuk roda moga (lost), 1813 Slovo poučitelno, 1784. Istina i prelest, (short story), 1788. Put u jedan dan, (short story), 1788. Aesop's Fables...
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    spiritual knowledge is regarded as leading to spiritual delusion (Russian prelest, Greek plani), which is the opposite of sobriety. Sobriety (called nepsis)...
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    Prípev: (Rodino) Míla Ródino, Ti si zémen ray, Tvóyta hoúbost, tvóyta prélest, Ah, te nyámat kray. II: Pádnaha borcí bezchét, Za naróda nash lyoubím...
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    June 2024. "The Month", September 1901 "Blog about Spiritual Delusion (Prelest): Icon of the Mother of God "Addition of Mind"". 28 March 2012. Retrieved...
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  • Elegie, the movement is resolutely melodic." Wiley also says the quality of Prelest' (meaning "charming" or "pleasing") in the Third Suite "is too prominent...
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  • branch of the Old Believers who strived to have priests of their own. Prelest (Russian: Прелесть). Spiritual delusion, spiritual deception, or spiritual...
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  • Prophet. Letters. Letter 421. (in Russian)Letters of Macarius of Optina. Prelest. Elder Joseph the Hesychast. Monastic Wisdom. Epistle to Hesychast Hermit...
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    bizarre scherzos, character pieces—in an overall vein that Russians call prelest, which means "charming" or "pleasing". Orchestral Suite No. 1 in D minor...
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