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Rene Gothoni is Professor in Comparative Religion at the University of Helsinki in Finland. He is also a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge, UK, a Life Member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, and the president of the Finnish Society of the Friends of Mount Athos. He is the author of several scholarly books and articles. However, in this book he lays aside his scholar's hat, and writes an intensely personal diary of a week spent with a hermit monk, a wise spiritual father, on the Holy Mountain Athos, the ancient center of Orthodox Christian monasticism in Greece. This is not a travelogue of "my summer vacation" (though the reader will gain some acquaintance with this unique and amazing place, a place the author has visited many times over many years. Primarily, it is about an inward spiritual journey, into the mystical life of Christ as understood and experienced by Orthodox Christians. A pilgrimage is a manifestation of an inner journey, often referred to as an allegory of the soul's journey to God. On this journey the pilgrim perceives the gap between what he should be and what he really is. As a scholar of religion, the author knew about pilgrimages "by the book" but yearned for something more. This book tells the story of his jouney as an unknown pilgrim to an unknown place, a pilgrimage that changed his life. Originally published in Finnish in 2000, now translated into English by the author. A handsome volume with highly-readable print.
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The Unknown Pilgrim: The Soul's Journey to God and to the Holy Mountain of Athos
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Paper Back. Condition: New. Pilgrimage is a form of devotion: a body's journey to a holy place, a soul's journey out of exile to God. Rene Gothoni, professor of Comparative Religion at the University of Helsinki, writes of his pilgrimage to a little-known island off the coast of Mt. Athos. Seeking a way to this island, not yet certain it even exists, Gothoni confesses his longing to visit the holy place: 'I've heard that there's an island nearby. It's like a huge meteorite that landed in the middle of the sea. The edges of the cliffs rise steeply for more than twenty meters. nonetheless, a hermit is said to live on the plateau, a spiritual father of exceptional wisdom. Do you know where this island is?' To a Greek friend, Gothoni explains that he saw a lithograph of the island in an old book and even had a dream about going there. It seems necessary that he make the journey, and though he has been to Athos many times, this pilgrimage, spontaneous and desperate, will elevate the course of his entire life. Seller Inventory # 240905
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