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Hello friends and welcome back to the Verity podcast. Today we're talking about the contemplative

tradition and contemplative prayer. So I was actually really excited to research and produce this

episode because I know that you guys have been wondering about this for quite a while.

It's something that has been talked about in the Christian sphere more recently with the rise

of new age influences. And there's an important question that we have to ask, how do we as Orthodox

believers discern between a genuine Christian contemplative tradition and something that's actually

influenced by new age principles? Hopefully this episode gives you some much needed clarity on

this topic. All of the sources that I used in my research for your further reading will be included

in the show notes of this episode, which will be on my blog at Felicia Masonheimer.com.

And just so you all know, we are working to have our episodes transcribed. And so we are slowly

getting them transcribed to it a time so that we can stay within budget for the podcast. And

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are added. And so I believe most of the posts that are on there right now, at least all of the

episodes in the Women's Issues series. And then many of the episodes in the Canon series have had

their transcriptions added. So if you have been hoping to read along or share one of these

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Okay, without further ado, let's go and look at the contemplative tradition and what this means.

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