In 1962, the young Eugene Rose undertook to write a monumental chronicle of the abandonment of Truth in the modern age. Of the hundreds of pages of material he compiled for this work, only the present essay has come down to us in completed form. Here Eugene reveals the core of all modern thought and life--the belief that all truth is relative--and shows how this belief has been translated into action in our century. Today, three decades after he wrote it, this essay is surely timelier than ever. It clearly explains why contemporary ideas, values, and attitudes--the "spirit of the age"--are shifting so rapidly in the direction of moral anarchy, as the philosophy of Nihilism enters more deeply into the fiber of society. Nietszche was right when he predicted that the 20th century would usher in "the triumph of Nihilism." 
Indeed, the Christian is--in an ultimate sense--a "Nihilist"; to him, in the end, the world is nothing, and God is all. On the one hand, the true Nihilist places his faith in things that pass away and end in nothing. On the other hand, the Christian, renouncing such vanity, places his faith in the one thing that will not pass away, the Kingdom of God.

Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age

Politics & Social Sciences

Eugene (Fr. Seraphim) Rose

Philosophy

Saint Herman Pr

Answers to the questions of disciples.

Guidance Toward Spiritual Life: Answers to the Questions of Disciples

Saint Barsanuphius

Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future

Seraphim Rose

Religion & Spirituality

Though steeped in the ancient patristic and ascetic tradition, Theophan the Recluse was down-to-earth and very real, making profound, mystical realities understood by those he counseled. St. Theophan had the exceptional gift of being able to encourage all, no matter where they were on the spiritual path, to go further in their fight against the passions and in their preparation for union with the Bridegroom Christ. His inspirational teaching is for all that sincerely seek the heavenly realm. He often used folk expressions in order to make profound, mystical realities understood by all Christians of his time. Bishop Theophan--young, zealous and energetic--felt a dire need to raise Orthodox women to a higher spiritual level in a society which was rapidly changing, going in step with modern ways. KINDLING THE DIVING SPARK offers his instructions given to women, examining many essentials of the spiritual life, including: how the heart is purified, inner suffering, spiritual zeal, how to train oneself to pray, and mystical union with the Lord. It contains 20 sermons to convents and a brief Life with unique information appearing for the first time, accompanied by rare photographs. Though originally offered as a volume of sermons given in women's monasteries, it comprises a conscious teaching of spirituality suited to the needs of both men and women, whether lay or monastic.

Kindling the Divine Spark: Teachings on How to Preserve Spiritual Zeal

St. Theophan the Recluse

Possessing penetrating spiritual discernment, Elder Leonid radiated a powerful, straightforward manner, yet was both loving and fatherly. He could mystically see into the hearts of his spiritual children, knowing when to rebuke, when to exhort, and when to console.  While knowing very well how and by what means to put someone to shame, teaching a lasting lesson, he also had a very subtle knowledge of what each person could bear.  No one ever saw him disturbed by passionate anger or irritation. During the hardest days of his life, no one ever heard a sound of impatience or grumbling from him--no one saw him downcast. It was hard not to marvel at his joyfulness. Calmness, the childlike state of the Gospel, and Christian joy never abandoned the loving Elder. Keeping a holy simplicity, free of hypocrisy, he spoke with virtually everyone in an intimate way.  Elder Leonid--ushering in a lineage of elders which was to span a full century--is very significant for Optina M! onastery. Like a lion, he introduced and firmly established the tradition of eldership transmitted from St. Paisius Velichkovsky--a form of monastic life almost forgotten today--founded on the Gospels and the teachings of the Holy Fathers.

Elder Leonid of Optina

Sederholm, Fr. Clement

The story of Fr. Seraphim Rose is not just the story of an individual; it is the story of what can occur in the conscience of the American soul, when God stirs the strings of the American sense of righteousness. Living as a monk in the mountains of northern California, Fr. Seraphim broke the shackles of his times and penetrated into the heart of ancient, otherworldly Christian experience, reconnecting fragmented Western man with his lost roots and showing him the way of return to God. Today his name is known and loved by millions throughout the world. 
At an early age, Eugene Rose--the young Fr. Seraphim--rebelled against the superficiality of modern American society and partook of the restlessness, despair, nihilism and lawlessness of the "angry young men" of his generation. He even tried to escape into the exotic realm of Buddhist enlightenment but his soul was still left empty and yearning. His forthright, self-sacrificing "American cowboy" character, however, pulled him back from these self-indulgent escapes, and it was then that God revealed himself to Eugene's sorrowing soul. The conversion from modern American rebellion to ancient, apostolic Orthodoxy was begun. When he did come to Orthodoxy, he cut straight through all the externals--the worldliness and boring organizational mentality--to go right to the essence and heart of otherworldly Christianity. He has blazed the path for other honest, forthright American souls heeding their own American sense of righteousness. 
There was another aspect of Fr. Seraphim, one that especially endeared him to the hearts of Orthodox Christians behind the Iron Curtain. As his monastic partner of many years observed: "Fr. Seraphim was a man who knew how to suffer." He knew the value of redemptive suffering, saw it manifested in the Christian martyrs and confessors of his own time, and consciously embraced it--not only outwardly through the hardships of his wilderness monastic life, but also inwardly, in the "pain of heart" that characterizes true Christian love. 
NOT OF THIS WORLD traces Fr. Seraphim's passionate search for Truth and his spiritual and philosophical development, setting forth his message and offering a glimpse into the soul of a man not of this world.

Not of This World: The Life and Teaching of Fr. Seraphim Rose

Christensen, Monk Damascene

Not until now has the ancient wisdom of Lao Tzu been presented alongside the otherworldly revelation of Jesus Christ in a way that encompasses the full significance of both. Christ the Eternal Tao presents the Tao Teh Ching as a foreshadowing of what would be revealed by Christ, and Lao Tzu himself as a Far-Eastern prophet of Christ the incarnate God. 
Through heretofore unpublished translations and teachings of Gi-ming Shien -- perhaps the greatest Chinese philosopher to have ever come to the West -- this book uncovers the esoteric core of the Tao Teh Ching. Then, through the transmission of mystics of the ancient Christian East, Lao Tzu's teaching is brought into a new dimension, exploding with new meanings. Christ, in turn, is seen in a unique light, His pure image shining in the clarity of Lao Tzu's intuitive vision. 
With its practical, time-tested advice on how to unite oneself with the incarnate Tao and acquire uncreated Teh, this is both a philosophical source-book and a spiritual manual, touching the heart and leading one to profound inward transformation. It is a long-awaited Answer to those who, having turned away from modern Western "churchianity," are drawn to the freshness, directness and simplicity of Lao Tzu, and at the same time are strangely, inexplicably drawn back to the all-compelling reality of Jesus Christ. 
The book is adorned with Chinese calligraphy and seals (created especially for it by well-known Chinese artists), and with traditional Chinese paintings of the life of Christ.

Christ the Eternal Tao

History

Damascene

Damascene, hieromo

Asia

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