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The Way of a Pilgrim and The Pilgrim Continues His Way
The Way of a Pilgrim and The Pilgrim Continues His Way Author:R.M. French Written by an anonymous Russian Christian, the original manuscript for The Way of a Pilgrim and its sequel, The Pilgrim Continues His Way, came into the hands of a monk on Mount Athos in the nineteenth century and was first published in 1884. These chronicles follow the author as he travels through mid-century Russia and Siberia, visiting monast... more »eries and the shrines of the saints in order to "pray without ceasing." His journey leads him to a starets, a Russian spiritual master who teaches him the spiritual discipline known as the Jesus Prayer---the uninterupted mantra-like invocation of the name of Jesus. This extraordinary account brings to the West the soul of Eastern Christianity.« less
Written some time between 1853 and 1861, a pilgrim makes his journey across Russia to Irkursk, although my perusal of it suggests it's not a geographical travelogue, but the pilgrim's search for the meaning of prayer.