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Throughout his life, Fr. Seraphim stressed an "Orthodoxy of the heart," which he felt was absent in much of the ecclesiastical life in America.
One of his more controversial books is ''[[The Soul After Death]]'', which includes the esoteric teaching which had been passed on to Fr. Seraphim from Saint John of the so-called [[Aerial Toll-Houses]], regarding the soul's journey after its departure from the body. This teaching has drawn criticism from some within the Orthodox Church, who describe it but has been defended by such noted theologians as [[gnosticism|gnosticMetropolitan Hierotheos (Vlachos)]]. Fr. Michael Azkoul has written a book, ''The Toll-House Myth: The Neo-Gnosticism of Fr. Seraphim Rose'', criticizing the teaching, while Elder Ephraim of Philotheou Monastery, Mount Athos, and St. Anthony's Monastery, Florence, AZ, has upheld the teaching as Orthodox in his ''Counsels from the Holy Mountain''.
[[Image:Father Seraphim (Rose).jpg|left|thumb|200px|Picture of Father Seraphim Rose on Mount Yolla Bolly ([[October 11|Oct. 11]], 1981), holding an [[Icon]] of the [[Holy Trinity]].]]