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Hesychasm. In the E. Church, the tradition of inner, mystical prayer, associated particularly with the monks of Mt Athos. The Hesychasts attached special importance to unceasing recitation of the Jesus Prayer. They recommended a particular bodily posture, with breathing controlled to keep time with the recitation of the prayer. Their immediate aim was to secure what they termed ‘the union of the mind with the heart’, so that their prayer became ‘prayer of the heart’. This leads, in those chosen by God, to the vision of the Divine Light, which, it was believed, can be seen with the material eyes of the body.

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