Bishop, monk, and pastor in the mountains of Epirus, Diadochos of Photiki wrote one hundred short chapters on the art of spiritual knowledge. He believed that God's grace is already hidden in the human heart like a lamp beneath a cloak — and that the whole work of the spiritual life is the slow, patient uncovering of that light. In this luminous 'century' of teachings, he explores how to tell divine inspiration from mere imagination, how the body and its disciplines prepare the soul, why humility matters more than any dazzling vision, and how the remembrance of God can become a steady flame within. Written in the desert tradition of the early Church and treasured for centuries in the Eastern Christian anthology known as the Philokalia, this is a book about awakening from the inside out. This new edition renders Diadochos in clear, present-day English while keeping the depth and rhythm of the original. Part of The World Scriptures Library.