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=== Cardiognosis as ascetical method === |
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The term of Cardiognosis is also used to indicate the ascetical methods and meditations which lead to the Knowledge of the Heart. In the Bible, the gift of Cardiognosis is indicated in the speech on the Mountain (Matthew, 5:8) “Blessed are the pure of heart for they will see God”. In the hesychast tradition, Cardiognosis is treated in most of the texts of [[Philokalia]] (Gk. φιλοκάλειν |
The term of Cardiognosis is also used to indicate the ascetical methods and meditations which lead to the Knowledge of the Heart. In the Bible, the gift of Cardiognosis is indicated in the speech on the Mountain (Matthew, 5:8) “Blessed are the pure of heart for they will see God”. In the hesychast tradition, Cardiognosis is treated in most of the texts of [[Philokalia]] (Gk. φιλοκάλειν ''To Love the Beautiful'') as a continuos prayer to God. The same experience is described in another much shorter well-known book called ''The Way of a Pilgrim'', in which a Russian traveler learns to pray continuosly repeating the name of Jesus. |
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=== Cardiognosis in new movements and thoughts === |
=== Cardiognosis in new movements and thoughts === |
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The practise of Cardiognosis has been revived by [[Tommaso Palamidessi]] (founder of [[Archeosophy]]) welding the hesychast tradition and christian theology with the eastern tecniques of yoga meditation. The practice of Cardiognosis is treated by Tommaso Palamidessi in ''The Mystical Ascesis and Meditation on the Heart''. According to the archeosophical teachings, cardiognosis is a method that will establish the experimenter's intelligence illuminated by the Intelligence of Christ in the heart. This tecnique, according to Palamidessi, will bring to experiment the vision of the Inner Light and constitutes a |
The practise of Cardiognosis has been revived by [[Tommaso Palamidessi]] (founder of [[Archeosophy]]) welding the hesychast tradition and christian theology with the eastern tecniques of yoga meditation. The practice of Cardiognosis is treated by Tommaso Palamidessi in ''The Mystical Ascesis and Meditation on the Heart''. According to the archeosophical teachings, cardiognosis is a method that will establish the experimenter's intelligence illuminated by the Intelligence of Christ in the heart. This tecnique, according to Palamidessi, will bring to experiment the vision of the Inner Light and constitutes a ''soft'' way to the awaking of [[kundalini]]. |
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Revision as of 09:38, 18 July 2007
Cardiognosis litterally Knowledge of the Heart. In Christian Theology is a special charism that God confers on some saints, in Christian Asceticism Cardiognosis indicates the ascetical methods and meditations which have the purpose of reaching Cardiognosis.
Cardiognosis as supernatural gift
Cardiognosis is the Knowledge of the Heart in a metaphysical sense. The supernatural gift of Cardiognosis leads the saint, who received it, to establish in his heart an inner dialogue and an inner Knowledge of God. This mystical experience is often described by christian saints as the preceiving of the Inner Light of Christ.
Cardiognosis as ascetical method
The term of Cardiognosis is also used to indicate the ascetical methods and meditations which lead to the Knowledge of the Heart. In the Bible, the gift of Cardiognosis is indicated in the speech on the Mountain (Matthew, 5:8) “Blessed are the pure of heart for they will see God”. In the hesychast tradition, Cardiognosis is treated in most of the texts of Philokalia (Gk. φιλοκάλειν To Love the Beautiful) as a continuos prayer to God. The same experience is described in another much shorter well-known book called The Way of a Pilgrim, in which a Russian traveler learns to pray continuosly repeating the name of Jesus.
Cardiognosis in new movements and thoughts
The practise of Cardiognosis has been revived by Tommaso Palamidessi (founder of Archeosophy) welding the hesychast tradition and christian theology with the eastern tecniques of yoga meditation. The practice of Cardiognosis is treated by Tommaso Palamidessi in The Mystical Ascesis and Meditation on the Heart. According to the archeosophical teachings, cardiognosis is a method that will establish the experimenter's intelligence illuminated by the Intelligence of Christ in the heart. This tecnique, according to Palamidessi, will bring to experiment the vision of the Inner Light and constitutes a soft way to the awaking of kundalini.
See also
References
- Adolphe Tanquerey, The Spiritual life: A Treatise On Ascetical And Mystical Theology, Paperback, 2001
- Tommaso Palamidessi, The Mystical Ascesis and Meditation on the Heart, ed. Archeosofica, 1971
- Di Agresti,Guglielmo M. Santa Caterina de' Ricci. Epistolario I (1542-1554), Coll. Collana ricciana 1973