Letters of St. Macarius of Optina.
...Your dream cannot be trusted precisely because it disturbed you; I always write to you that your disturbing thoughts stem from the enemy's wiles, so why do you need further confirmation from a dream? Perhaps the enemy has a method of seducing you with true dreams, then leading you into complete delusion. Better yet, leave them alone and don't believe in dreams. We have the word of God and the advice—the teachings of the holy fathers. And in your perplexities, you have the Mother Abbess, the sister, and I, a sinner, will write something according to your faith...
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