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PSEUDO-DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE · LATE 5TH–EARLY 6TH CENTURY · BYZANTINE
Mystical Theology
Synopsis
A brief but immensely influential treatise on apophatic theology, guiding the soul beyond all concepts and language into the divine darkness beyond being.
Mystical Theology 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
The divine darkness is the unapproachable light in which God is said to dwell.
Leave behind all things, and be raised up to the ray of divine darkness.
We make assertions and denials of what is next to Him, but never of Him, for He is beyond all affirmation and negation.
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