Κεφ. ΛΘ'
The Scent of Temptation
The soul perceives the approach of demonic influence through the internal resonance of its own unhealed passions.
The soul is usually stirred to thought by the overpowering stench of demons when it senses them drawing near, because it has been affected by the passion of the demon troubling it.
Read the original Latin
Πρὸς τὴν ἐπικρατοῦσαν δυσωδίαν ἐν τοῖς δαίμοσιν εἴωθεν ἀνάπτεσθαι πρὸς λογισμοὺς ἡ ψυχή, ὅταν αὐτῶν ἐγγιζόντων ἀντιλαμβάνηται, τῷ τοῦ παρενοχλοῦντος πάθει πεποιωμένη.
The Praktikos companion
A daily portion of stillness
Chosen Portion delivers one short contemplative reading and a guided moment of silence each day — the ascent, one step at a time.
Chosen Portion is the paced doorway into this collection: it portions the dense mystical treatises into one daily reading plus guided silence, exactly as the 14-day plan teaches.
- Daily bite-sized excerpts from the contemplative classics, never a wall of text
- A built-in timed stillness practice that grows from 2 minutes to 10
- Gentle progression through the tradition — the app remembers where you are on the ascent