Learning the deep spiritual meaning of Greek theological words was a revolution for me. Many of these words are part of colloquial English in the US and have totally lost the depth of their meaning. Also, many of these terms display a specificity of meaning for very essential feelings and phenomena of the inner quest in any tradition. To me they tell something about the science of self transformation practiced here.

Here is a list of some terms:

- Kharisma: God`s grace in a man or woman
- Catharsis: the purification of the heart/ making the heart clear
- Prosefiye: prayer
- Meteorismos/rembasmos: mental wandering
- Nepsis: inner wakefulness
- Praxis: outward labors
- Hesychia: inner quiet
- Charmolype: Gladdening sorrow
- Aprospatheia: non attachment
- Askeysis: spiritual training
- Synagoge: concentration
- Mesoteichon: dividing wall
- Kosmos: the World
- Diorasis: insight
- Dynamis: The faculty of Soul
- Kardiakon Anoigma: opening of the heart
- Monajos: monk
- Hamartia: sin
- Isocratema: Holding note in the Orthodox litrugy ``song``
- Nous: intuitive reason
- Melete: meditation
- Theoria: devine vision
- Apatheia: freedom from all vice and sin
- Gnosis: knowlege
- Katharsis: purification