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Silence, Solitude and the Divine Indwelling

Theosis is Consenting to the Spirit's Transformation of Us From Within

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Carl McColman
Apr 18, 2025
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In her wonderful book Practice the Pause, Caroline Oakes connects the dots between the wisdom tradition of Jesus and our contemporary understanding of contemplative neuroscience.

She has this to say about the longstanding Christian teaching that our destiny as human beings is deification or theosis — what mystics typically call “union with God.”

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