The dark night of the soul ( Archived) (3)

Aug 17, 2018 7:34 AM CST The dark night of the soul
I think I went through it...!

Anyone ever hear of it?

11wine
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Aug 17, 2018 7:42 AM CST The dark night of the soul
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pedro27: I think I went through it...!

Anyone ever hear of it?

11
What is it?
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Aug 17, 2018 7:47 AM CST The dark night of the soul
Bnaughty: What is it?
The poem of St. John of the Cross, in 8 stanzas of 5 lines each, narrates the journey of the soul to mystical union with God. The journey is called "The Dark Night" in part because darkness represents the fact that the destination, God, is unknowable, as in the 14th century, mystical classic The Cloud of Unknowing, which, like St. John's poem, derives from the works of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the sixth century. Further, the path per se is unknowable. The first verse of the poem is translated:


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