"Hesychasm, which is too often looked upon as a philosophico-mystical “curiosity” of purely historical interest, has its roots in Christianity as such, and ... it is not merely a rather special development of Christian spirituality, but its purest and deepest expression."
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Schuon, Frithjof (1953). The Transcendent Unity of Religions. London, Faber and Faber. (pp. 176–7f.) Quoted in: Johnson, Christopher D. L. (2010). Globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus prayer: contesting contemplation. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-4411-2547-7. (p. 74).
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