Against evil spirits. From the spiritual heritage of the Athos elder Jerome

The devil seduced the first people in paradise, and they, instead of being like the gods, suffered the exile from the Garden of Eden, became mortal and sinners. Without cleansing of sins, a person cannot return to heaven, and in this, according to the great wisdom of the Lord, the devil began to help him as an instrument in the hands of God to test the faithful. In the fight against demonic temptations, we know our weaknesses, acquire spiritual wisdom and thus improve in virtues from strength.
In the spiritual heritage of the Athos elder Jerome (Ivan Pavlovich Solometsov, 1805-1885) there are many instructive stories about the devil"s temptations and the confrontation of them, which the Siberian Braveza Publishing House and offers the attention of readers.
Compiled by monk Arseny from the Holy Mountain