Dimensions
112 x 177 x 9mm
St John Of The Cross
The phrase " the dark night of the soul" has come to typify that condition of spiritual dryness, depression and seeming abandonment by God which many Christians experience at some stage in their lives.
Here, St John, a sixteenth-century Spanish mystic and poet, describes the spiritual road which leads to perfect union of love with God. On this road the soul must enter the Dark Night to be stripped of its imperfections, including the famous seven deadly sins, a process that often takes a number of years.
Spiritual discipline and the mystical ladder of contemplation are among the means of purification St John outlines.
