Therapy of Spiritual Illnesses by Dr Jean-Claude Larchet

Therapy of Spiritual Illnesses by Dr. Jean-Claude Larchet

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"Therapy of Spiritual Illnesses
by Dr Jean-Claude Larchet. Translated by Fr Kilian Sprecher.

Dr Jean-Claude Larchet’s long-awaited great work,

Thérapeutique des maladies spirituelles is being published in 

English by Alexander Press

A vast synthesis of patristic and ascetic oriental teachings from the

1st to 14th centuries, this study presents a renewed vision of the 

Christian doctrine of salvation and constitutes a veritable treaty, both

theoretical and practical, of spiritual psychology and medicine, as well

as a summation of Orthodox spirituality that has no equivalent."

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The breath and scope of this monumental work is breathtaking.

A brief look at the table of contents is enough to realize the value

and significance of this treatise;

Contents of Volumes 1-3

VOLUME ONE

Publishers Introduction
Author's Introduction

Part One
Anthropological Premises, Original Health and the Origin

of Illnesses.

Chapter 1 - Man's Original Health

Chapter 2 - The First Origin of Illnesses; The Ancestral Sin

Chapter 3 - Pathology of Fallen Man
        1. Pathology of knowledge
                  a) Perversion and decline of knowledge and its organs
                  b) Evil as an invention. The birth of fantastical knowledge.
                      The delirious perception of reality in fallen man
         2. Pathology of desire and pleasure
                  a) The diversion of desire and the perversion of pleasure
                  b) Economy of desire
                  c) Pathology of desire and pleasure in fallen man
         3. Pathology of aggressiveness
         4. Pathology of freedom
         5. Pathology of memory
         6. Pathology of the imagination
         7. Pathology of the senses and bodily functions 

Part Two
Nosology, Symptomatology and Pathogenesis of Spiritual

Diseases: The Passions

Chapter 1 - The Passions, Spiritual Illnesses

Chapter 2 - Self-Love

Chapter 3 - Gluttony

Chapter 4 - Lust

Chapter 5 - Love of Money and Greed

Chapter 6 - Sadness

Chapter 7 - Acedia

Chapter 8 - Anger
Chapter 9 - Fear

Chapter 10 - Vainglory

Chapter 11 - Pride

Chapter 12 - Transmission of Spiritual Illnesses

in Fallen Humanity

VOLUME TWO
Part Three

General Conditions of Therapy
Chapter 1 - Christ the Physician
Chapter 2 - Sacramental Therapies

1.     Introduction

2.     Baptism

3.     Chrismation

4.     Confession

5.     The Eucharist

6.     Anointing of the Sick (Holy Unction)

Chapter 3 - The Subjective Conditions for Healing and Health

1.     The Will to be Healed

2.     The Remedy of Faith

3.     The Remedy of Repentance

4.     The Remedy of Prayer
a. Prayer’s role and its therapeutic effects
b. The Method of hesychastic prayer

5.     The Remedy of the Commandments

6.     The Remedy of Hope
Chapter 4 - The Process of Healing: Inner Conversion

Part Four

Implementation of Therapy

Chapter 1 - The Twofold movement of Inner Conversion: Praxis
Chapter 2 - Outline of the Therapy of the Fundamental Faculties of the Soul. Implementation of the Generic Virtues
1. Introduction

2. Temperance

3. Courage

4. Prudence
Chapter 3 - The Therapeutic Role of the Spiritual Father
Chapter 4 - The Manifestation of Thoughts
Chapter 5 - The Fight Against Thoughts
1. The inner warfare

2. The dual origin of thoughts

3. The mechanism of temptation

4. The spiritual strategy: vigilance and attention

5. The rejection of wicked thoughts

6. The role of prayer and patience

7.Therapeutic effects

Chapter 6 - Adjuvant Therapy: Bodily Asceticism

VOLUME THREE

Part Five

The Therapy of Passions and the Acquisition of Virtues

Chapter 1 - Therapy of gluttony: Temperance

Chapter 2 - Therapy of Lust: Continence and Chastity
1. Monastic chastity
2. Marital chastity

Chapter 3 - Therapy of Love of Money and Greed: Non-possession and Almsgiving
1. Non-possessiveness
2. Almsgiving

Chapter 4 - Therapy of Sadness: Mourning, Compunction and Joy

Chapter 5 - Therapy of Acedia
Chapter 6 - Therapy of Anger: Gentleness and Patience

Chapter 7 - Therapy of Fear: The Fear of God

Chapter 8 - Therapy of Vainglory and Pride: Humility
1. Therapy of vainglory
2. Therapy of pride
3. Humility

Part Six
Health Restored

Chapter 1 - Impassibility
Chapter 2 – Charity
1. Charity: the spiritual love of oneself
2. Love of one’s neighbours
3. The love of God

Chapter 3 – Knowledge
1. Introduction
2. Natural contemplation
3. The knowledge/vision of God
4. On the connection between the knowledge/vision of God and the praxis
5. The role of pure prayer

Conclusion

Bibliography

Therapy of Spiritual Illnesses by Dr Jean Claude-Larchet,

Translated by Fr Kilian Sprecher, 3 volume boxed set
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Canada
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