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While writing Centering Prayer: Sitting Quietly in God’s Presence Can Change Your Life (Paraclete Press, 2021 https://amzn.to/3tEQuHe ), I had the privilege of reading close to one hundred books and articles on the topic. Below are my favorites. I’ve divided them into three categories: ancient, classics, and second generation books. Ancient: Evagrius Ponticus, Praktikos and Chapters on Prayer https://amzn.to/3y1lELF Evagrius was a 5th century monastic. He studied carefully