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Addison Hodges Hart

@addhart.bsky.social

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Author of eleven books (fiction and non-fiction). Writes the Substack page, "The Pragmatic Mystic" (addisonhodgeshart.substack.com). Born in Maryland. Lives in Norway. Eastern Orthodox.

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New post. From the margins (1): Attrait, Baron von Hügel, the Grail, and Joseph Campbell addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/from-the-m...

Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Evagrius of Pontus: Three videos, two websites

Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Evagrius of Pontus: Three videos, two websites

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

New gratis post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/evagrius-o...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Work, monks, acedia, salvation, and us

And “a threefold cord not quickly broken”

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

New post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/work-monks...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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“Unceasing Prayer”: ten retreat conferences with Fr. Cassian Folsom

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New gratis post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/unceasing-...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

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Simon of Cyrene

A post for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

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Simon of Cyrene

A post for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

New post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/simon-of-c...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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The Gospel of Thomas and its Pachomian monastic background

An excerpt from “Four Gospels, Four Hearts, One Lord”

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

New post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/the-gospel...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

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Psalm 23 (22) as our spiritual itinerary

A walk-through with the Good Shepherd

Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

New post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/psalm-23-2...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New gratis post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/two-biogra...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

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Bernard of Clairvaux on acquiring knowledge

A look at Homily 36 of his Sermons on the Song of Songs

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

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Bernard of Clairvaux on acquiring knowledge

A look at Homily 36 of his Sermons on the Song of Songs

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

New post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/bernard-of...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

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Recommended: Father Gabriel Bunge (gratis post)

A new video interview, plus two other videos, articles, etc.

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

New free post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/recommende...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Progress, the perennial, and the eternal: a follow-up addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/progress-t...

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Progress, the perennial, and the eternal: a follow-up

Why I put "progress" in quotes

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

New post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/progress-t...

Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

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Orthodoxy, ecumenism, and the law of noncontradiction

In all honesty, we should acknowledge that, in any meaningful sense, the fond hopes – so optimistically embraced in the last century – for an all-embracing Christian “ecumenism” aren’t merely moribund...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

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Orthodoxy, ecumenism, and the law of noncontradiction

In all honesty, we should acknowledge that, in any meaningful sense, the fond hopes – so optimistically embraced in the last century – for an all-embracing Christian “ecumenism” aren’t merely moribund...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Orthodoxy, ecumenism, and the law of noncontradiction addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/orthodoxy-...

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Orthodoxy, ecumenism, and the law of noncontradiction

In all honesty, we should acknowledge that, in any meaningful sense, the fond hopes – so optimistically embraced in the last century – for an all-embracing Christian “ecumenism” aren’t merely moribund...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

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An eclectic batch of recommended videos

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

New gratis post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/an-eclecti...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

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Posture (and posturing) in prayer and worship

Taking sides with Alice and Ebenezer Scrooge

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

New post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/posture-an...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

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Spiritual fence-construction 101 (second of two parts)

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

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Spiritual fence-construction 101 (first of two parts)

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Free post: Spiritual fence-construction 101 (first of two parts) open.substack.com/pub/addisonh...

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Spiritual fence-construction 101 (first of two parts)

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

New gratis post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/spiritual-...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

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"Solitariness" illustrated: a few recommended video "retreats"

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Gratis post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/solitarine...

Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

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"Distracted from distraction by distraction"

Unavoidably, we are all "solitaries" - often without knowing it (or ourselves)

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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"Distracted from distraction by distraction"

Unavoidably, we are all "solitaries" - often without knowing it (or ourselves)

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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"Distracted from distraction by distraction"

Unavoidably, we are all "solitaries" - often without knowing it (or ourselves)

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

New post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/distracted...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

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Orthodoxy and spiritual direction

Its distinguishing features

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

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Orthodoxy and spiritual direction

Its distinguishing features

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

New post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/orthodoxy-...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

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"Burnout" and spiritual direction

The insights of Martin Thornton

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

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"Burnout" and spiritual direction

The insights of Martin Thornton

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

New post. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/p/burnout-an...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Why I don't take the Left any more seriously than the Right. They're just as crass, even if a tiny bit less stupid overall. www.msn.com/en-gb/entert...

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

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Apologetics, Cassian, Screwtape, and the babyish seventh capital vice

A temporarily gratis post

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Addison Hodges Hart @addhart.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

A temporarily gratis post. Given its subject, I thought it should be available to a wider readership. Link: addisonhodgeshart.substack.com/.../apologet....