Dionysios farasiotis biography
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The Gurus, rendering Young Civil servant, and Veteran Paisios
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The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios
"This powerful memoir tells the story of a Greek youth who, out of a desire to know the truth empirically, began to experiment in yoga, hypnotism, and various occult techniques. Eventually drawn back to the Faith of his forefathers Orthodox Christianity he visited the ancient monastic republic of Mount Athos in his native Greece, where he was brought to a knowledge of the Truth of Jesus Christ by the saintly Elder Paisios ( ). Nevertheless, believing he had only found part of the truth on the Holy Mountain, he chose to give the same opportunity to Hindu yogis that he had given to Elder Paisios and other Orthodox monks. Thus, at the age of twenty-five, he embarked on a trip to India, where he undertook his search in the ashrams of three famous gurus, one of whom was worshipped as a god. His experiences in India, along with his subsequent encounters with Elder Paisios on Mount Athos, are recounted in the present book in vivid detail. Popular in Greece since its first publication there in , The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios is a page-turning narrative of both outward adventures and inward struggles. What stands out most in this book, however, is the radiant image of Elder Paisios, possessed of divine gifts, laboring in pr
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There is a popular Orthodox book in English titled "The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios" by someone who does not want to reveal his identity and gives himself the pseudonym "Dionysios Farasiotis". But in a lecture back in , a noted author in Greece who has written other serious books about Elder Paisios revealed that he was indeed the author of the book "The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios". His name is Athanasios Rakovalis, a professor of Physics. Below is a brief outline of what he said in the lecture, and the video can be seen below the text.
He explains in the video that when he met Elder Paisios he was a young unbeliever and considered Christians as suffering from psychological problems, and for this reason he didn't consider himself worthy to speak with him. His unbelief he considers to have stemmed from the propaganda of books and newspapers and acquaintances. So when he first went to Mount Athos and came to know some of the monks there, he realized that things were not as he thought they were. He began a conversation with a young monk around his age, and he realized that he was intelligent and aware of the various issues in life, and he came to befriend him and respect him. It was this monk who urged him to go speak with Father Paisios, and though h