Dark Night of the Soul

Dark Night of the Soul

While imprisoned in a tiny prison cell for his attempts to reform the Church, sixteenth-century Spanish mystic John of the Cross composed many of his now classic poems of the soulâ€™s longing for God. Written on a scroll smuggled to him by one of his guards, his songs are the ultimate expression of the spiritual seekerâ€™s journey from estranged despair to blissful union with the divine
After escaping his captors, John fell into a state of profound ecstasy and wrote Dark Night of the Soul. Later, he added an important commentary to his poem to guide other searching souls along the arduous path to communion with God. Here, for the first time, a scholar unaffiliated with the Catholic Church has translated this timeless work. Mirabai Starr, who has studied Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism, lends the seekerâ€™s sensibility to Johnâ€™s powerful text and brings this classic work to the twenty-first century in a brilliant and beautiful rendering
Country USA
Manufacturer Riverhead Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2003-02-04
Format Kindle eBook

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