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| Dark Night of the Soul | 
 enlarge | Author: St. John Of The Cross
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (34 reviews)
Sales Rank: 12588
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.4
ISBN: 0486426939
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.22
EAN: 9780486426938
ASIN: 0486426939
Publication Date: May 9, 2003
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Product Description
A 16th-century mystic, St. John of the Cross was also a Carmelite monk who helped reform the Order. In this book, he addresses pride, avarice, envy, and other human imperfections. He also provides an extended explanation of Divine love, and describes methods of conversion through prayer, submission, and purification.
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As a Carmelite monk, the 16th-century Spanish mystic St. John of the Cross was well trained in the systematic theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. In Dark Night of the Soul, St. John's sharply organized mind gives clean shape to his mystical belief in a loving Being somewhere outside the realm of feeling, thought, or imagination, who can only be known through love. Dark Night of the Soul describes the process of purgation, first of senses, and then of spirit, that precedes the soul's loving Union with God. To quote from this book would detract from the coiled power of its tightly focused picture of the soul's progress; suffice it to say that there has never been a better book for discouraged Christians. When you cannot understand what or why you believe, but you find yourself unable to abandon faith, look to St. John for help. --Michael Joseph Gross
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 Difficult To Read August 15, 2008
This book was very difficult to read because it doesn't use contemporary colloquial English.
According to critics and scholars, E. Allison Peers did an outstanding job translating this work. Without a doubt: it is so (I assume.)
According to me, I need a translator to translate this translation into a work that I can understand easily.
I blame my lack of education for my troubles reading and understanding this book, of course.
However, to those people out there with just a basic education, like me, be warned: reading this book will be an arduous effort. A very difficult effort indeed.
I've found a more accessible translation online:
http://www.karmel.at/ics/john/dn.html
Other than that, it is a remarkable and inspiring work.
I believe this book could be understood better if previously one had read the works of Bernadette Roberts.
In fact, I think that reading only the first outlined title would suffice.
What is Self?: A Study of the Spiritual Journey in Terms of Consciousness,
The Path to No-Self: Life at the Center
The Experience of No-Self: A Contemplative Journey
 Tough read August 4, 2008
I had a really hard time with the subject matter. One better have a very strong constitution to read this....
 Dark Night of the Soul June 15, 2008
Perfect condition and received promptly.
This is a classic of the Catholic religion.
Classic theological literature June 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is by far one of the very best spiritual guides for anyone who is going through a trial that seems almost unbearably difficult to work through. It is a timeless classic that offers comfort, hope and a sense that this darkness can lead to transformation.
Inspiring book March 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Dark Night of the Soul is a deep book, discussing a familiar struggle of seekers of Jesus Christ our Lord and savior. King David spoke of these lonely times for ones soul,when he felt seperated from Gods love.
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