#ascetica

• Guilelessness — A term deeply embedded in historical and spiritual resonance, derived from Greek, literally meaning 'guilelessness' or 'innocence'. In the Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical and cultural context, it evokes the virtue of spiritual purity and absolute humility, historically used both as a proper name associated with martyric figures or hierarchs of the Byzantine era, and as an abstract symbol of detachment from worldly passions in ascetic literature.
• Ascetics — A branch of mystical theology dealing with the study of spiritual rules, exercises, and practices necessary for attaining Christian or moral perfection; the feminine form of the adjective ascetic, describing an entity, practice, or behavior that is austere and oriented toward voluntary deprivation.