JOHN OF THE CROSS · 16TH CENTURY · CARMELITE
Dark Night of the Soul
Synopsis
A commentary on his own poem, describing the painful purification of sense and spirit that leads the soul through darkness into divine union.
Dark Night of the Soul is a central text in the Christian mystical tradition, offering insight into the spiritual life, the nature of divine union, and the transformation of the soul.
Selected Passages
In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.
To come to possess all, desire to possess nothing.
O guiding night! O night more lovely than the dawn!
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