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Robin Amis


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in London, The United Kingdom
June 10, 1932

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Robin Amis (1932–2014) was a British author, poet, publisher, editor and translator. It was his conversion to the Eastern Orthodox Church and his relationship with Mount Athos, the ancient monastic republic in Greece, that ultimately defined his life and work. Over a thirty-year period, between 1982 and 2013, he made more than 60 visits to Mount Athos, where he was recognised as a "synergatis", a fellow worker and equal of the monks.[2] Amis documented the results of his research in A Different Christianity: Early Christian Esotericism and Modern Thought (SUNY, 1995), and recounted his experience on the Holy Mountain in Views from Mount Athos (Praxis 2014).[3] As founder of Praxis Institute Press, he translated, edited and published the thr ...more

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Triads in Defence of the Ho...

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Gnosis: Study and Commentar...

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A Different Christianity: E...

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Holy Hesychia: The Stillnes...

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The Heart of Salvation: The...

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A Different Christianity: E...

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A Method of Prayer for Mode...

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Views from Mount Athos

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Who Writes the Waves?: Poems

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i alli opsi tou christianismou

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