Experience will soon show that in using this method, especially at first, the words should be pronounced with extreme unhurriedness so that the mind may have time to enter the words as into forms. This cannot be done when the reading is hurried. St. John’s method is very convenient both when practicing the prayer of Jesus and when reading the ordinary prayers in one’s cell, and even when reading the Scriptures and patristic books. One must train oneself to it as if one were reading by syllables—with