Chapter 21. About the human heart

Chapter 22. On the human spirit

Chapter 23. On the dignity of man and also on our spirit

Chapter 24. On the Sense of God's Existence Implanted in the Human Soul

Chapter 25. What is the spiritual world?

Chapter 26. On the Incarnation of the Son of God and on the fact that in His name for believers and those who pray He Himself remains His Divine Being

Chapter 27. About the extreme importance, in the matter of our eternal salvation, of the Jesus Prayer. Its explanation; Comparison with Other Prayers and Its Dignity

Chapter 28. Why is the inner life according to God revered and respected by all people? Its content and explanation of its production. Inward. My journey into the interior of the Caucasus Mountains (a hermit's story)

Chapter 29. My impressions and feelings, when looking at the sky, on a dark night, among the Caucasian ranges

Chapter 30. Depiction of aerial phenomena

Chapter 31. View of the mountains in autumn, in the desert wilds of the Caucasus, according to a hermit

Chapter 32. View of the same mountains in winter

Chapter 33. My other travels in the mountains of the Caucasus and various incidents and adventures during them that were with me

Chapter 34. Praise to the Caucasian Desert. What one who wants to live in the desert needs to have. What is the inner content of this life?

Chapter 35. My feelings after the deprivation of the desert

Chapter 36. The thoughts and feelings of the hermit at his farewell to the monastery in which he had lived for many years; Farewell to the Abbot and the Brethren

Chapter 37. A warning against the early desert. What is needed for proper admission to it