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| PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | V |
| CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | VII |
| REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | XI |
| INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | XIII |
| BAR HEBRAEUS AND GHAZĀLĪ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | CXI |
| THE BOOK OF THE DOVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | I |
| INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3 |
| CHAPTER I. On the bodily service in the monastery . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| Section I. On man’s alienation from the world. . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| Section II. On repentance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 6 |
| Section III. On renunciation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7 |
| Section IV. On humbleness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 8 |
| Section V. On patience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 9 |
| Section VI. On the love of the brethren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 10 |
| Section VII. On the offences of the tongue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 11 |
| Section VIII. On the novice’s turning backwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 15 |
| Section IX. On directing the novice in his course . . . . . . . . . . . . | 16 |
| Section X. On the tokens of [good] direction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 18 |
| CHAPTER II. On the psychic service which is accomplished in the cell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 19 |
| Section I. On the duties of the cell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 19 |
| Section II. On solitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 20 |
| Section III. On fourfold asceticism: prayer, invocation, recitation, meditation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 22 |
| Section IV. On ritual prayer and the division of times. . . . . . . . . | 23 |
| Section V. On the reciting of Psalms and vigils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 25 |
| Section VI. On fasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 27 |
| Section VII. On manual work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 28 |
| Section VIII. On abiding abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 30 |
| Section IX. On evil passions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 32 |
| Section X. On good qualities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 40 |