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

Chapter 38. On the Comparative Significance of Monastic (Coenobitic) and Wilderness Life

Chapter 39. On the Faith in God Acquired by the Desert Dweller in the Experiences of His Life

Chapter 40. On the Application of Faith to the Work of the Hermit. About love. On the Christian Hope

Chapter 41. About thoughts – how to restrain them

Chapter 42. About demonic ghosts, intrigues and fears to which the desert dwellers are subjected, and about the means of deliverance from them

Chapter 43. The elder's farewell to the mountains, because of his old age and the extreme exhaustion of his bodily strength

Chapter 44. Our Last Visit to the Elder and His Blessed Death