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1. Hesychasm

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   While its roots extend deep into the Patristic period, particularly through the writings of Evagrius Ponticus and Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Hesychasm as a formalized spiritual discipline gained widespread influence during the late Byzantine era. Its primary institutional defense and articulation are attributed to the Hesychast controversy of the fourteenth century.
   The controversy centered on whether the mystical experience described by earlier ascetics—specifically the vision of …

2. Hesychasm

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   Theology of Light
   The ultimate aim of Hesychasm is the experience of the Uncreated Light. This phenomenon, experienced during deep prayer, is understood not as a created phenomenon but as a direct participation in the divine nature of God, analogous to the light displayed at the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor.
   Palamas clarified that this experience is not an absorption into the divine essence (which would constitute pantheism), but rather a participation in the divine energies. The physical manifestation of this experience often i…