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**YTmWSOA5** · 02-22-2006, 08:19 PM

I stand firmly behind my previous post here #88 & #89.

By the way, this is an Orthodox Board, thus links to hermity.com are extremely unwise.

Though the asceticism per se appears similar, the metaphyics are quite different.

An Orthodox monastic gives all their life to Christ.

Web sites which host a variety of hermits from across the centuries and across various major/minor Faiths are not helpful.

They cause confusion amongst those who have not lived Orthodox Christian monastic life, whether it be communal or as a hermit, which as I stated is most generally, a later stage, taken only with the blessing, never without the blessing, of one's Spiritual Father/Mother.

To single handedly enter the hermit life, without the blessing, is to open the door to a veritable host of 'friendly' demons. Instead of a life of solitude, one spends every waking moment fighting hosts of demons, and every sleeping moment, fighting them in dreams. Definitely not a solitary life!

02-22-2006, 08:19 PM	#12
YTmWSOA5 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 399 Senior Member	I stand firmly behind my previous post here #88 & #89. By the way, this is an Orthodox Board, thus links to hermity.com are extremely unwise. Though the asceticism per se appears similar, the metaphyics are quite different. An Orthodox monastic gives all their life to Christ. Web sites which host a variety of hermits from across the centuries and across various major/minor Faiths are not helpful. They cause confusion amongst those who have not lived Orthodox Christian monastic life, whether it be communal or as a hermit, which as I stated is most generally, a later stage, taken only with the blessing, never without the blessing, of one's Spiritual Father/Mother. To single handedly enter the hermit life, without the blessing, is to open the door to a veritable host of 'friendly' demons. Instead of a life of solitude, one spends every waking moment fighting hosts of demons, and every sleeping moment, fighting them in dreams. Definitely not a solitary life!
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