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Title: The Illumined Heart: The Ancient Christian Path of Transformation by Frederica Mathewes-Green ISBN: 1-55725-286-6 Publisher: Paraclete Press Pub. Date: October, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (8 reviews)

Rating: 2
Summary: Fictional Orthodoxy
Comment: This is the 3rd book I read from Frederica Mathewes-Green & I am sorry to write that I am very disappointed. The past 2 books, "Facing East" & "At the Corner of East & Now" were written with a clean, clear, & personal view of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in America, but this book dealt with fictional characters from the past that seem out of place. Why not write about factual characters? There are a lot of Church Fathers & Christian Mystics that can give us a better view of Mystical prayer (silent prayer or Jesus prayer) than making up a pop version with a fictional family to express these views. To get a more balance & fuller perspective on spiritual transformation, may I suggest studying some of the Church fathers like St. Symeon the New Theologian or St. Theophan the Recluse.

Rating: 5
Summary: Good book with valuable insight
Comment: Am so happy I bought her book because its well written and very thought provoking. It was not a quick read for me, because I would read a few pages or so, and have to stop, put the book down and come back to it a few hours later, because she gave me so much to think and pray about.

I guess what I appreciated the most was her elaborating on how Christianity has evolved so much to the point that for many of us, it has no resemblance to what the early Christians practiced. Having Coptic and Greek friends I know of their faith and worship mode for decades. I need to note that I was a Christian, but have gone back, however you wish to phrase it, to my Jewish roots, and now onto Buddhism which I prefer because it is in the "now" and not the past.

But I am still intrigued with how Christianity came to be and the many questions this creates.Now I admit that the memorized prayers and issues of constantly telling God we are "losers" (the way I read it) did and does bother me a great deal, since I am someone who believes in praying from the heart and not just by memorized words which from past experience become words I wanted to just get thru and which felt more like punishment than a humble desire to praise and serve God.

Rating: 5
Summary: A Quick Read about Orthodoxy
Comment: Mathewes-Green writes in an easy manner. This book is a quick read that presents the practice of Orthodox spirituality in a way that the reader can begin to enhance their relationship with God in an Orthodox way.