Meyendorff 1974, p. 1. "Hesychasm is a monastic movement whose origins go back to the Fathers of the desert." Meyendorff also refers to it as "orthodox mysticism". Meyendorff, John (1974). St. Gregory Palamas and orthodox spirituality (em inglês). [Crestwood, N.Y.]: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. ISBN0-913836-11-7
Angold 2006, p. 588. "The origins of hesychasm lie in the early desert monasteries..." Angold, Michael (2006). Eastern Christianity (em inglês). Cambridge [England]: Cambridge. ISBN0-521-81113-9
Angold 2006, p. 262. "...'hesychasm' primarily describes the monastic practice of interior silence and continual prayer first established by the Desert Fathers and was not used to indicate a distinct spiritual movement until the fourteenth century Byzantine revival of meditative prayer techniques." Angold, Michael (2006). Eastern Christianity (em inglês). Cambridge [England]: Cambridge. ISBN0-521-81113-9