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July 13 - July 24, 2017
oaths,
feast day
meat and wine:
bed
vegetables
wine
Against the vain thought that persuades us to extend our discipline beyond what is appropriate
feast days
To the Lord concerning the demon that chills the stomach and all the sinews of the body, and casts great weakness into the body as if from hunger and prolonged illness:
Against the soul that is not satisfied with bread for food and water for drink, but wants vegetables along with these,
vegetables:
fruits:
wine
feast day:
wine
sadness
listlessness
angel of the Lord
But Elisha said to him, “Did not my heart go with you when the man came back from his chariot to meet you?
frighten
fear
terror
afraid,
terror,
fear,
frightened
the voice of a demon that hissed at it suddenly in the air:
terrified
demon whose eyes flash like fire:
frightened
scared
frightened
the vision of demons that come to us at night twisted like snakes on one’s back and side:
frightened
fear
frightening visions and lamps of fire that fly through the air:
Against the soul that succumbs to sadness and therefore is frightened by visions of the night:
demon that appears carrying a sword—
when he had traveled to see the paradise that Jannes and Jambres made:11
demons that make a commotion in the air and then make us listen to their voices:
object of laughter and reproach among all the monks
frightened
demons that appear suddenly in the air:
fear and trembling
the tumultuous sounds and commotion of the demons:
demons that touch our bodies at night and like scorpions strike our limbs:
having introduced sadness with thoughts, it then no longer required thoughts, but cast the soul into great and unnecessary distress:
the demons that fall upon the skin of the body, put branding marks in it as if made by fire, and make visible marks in it as if made by a cupping-glass—
carrying swords”:
Against the soul that, in the time of sadness, wants to find in prayer spiritual words:
