Dark Night of the Soul - Softcover

Saint John Of The Cross; E. Allison Peers; Of St. Teresa Silverio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385029306 ISBN 13: 9780385029308

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1990

Synopsis

This new edition of the Image classic, with more than 100,000 copies sold, brings E. Allison Peers's magnificent translation of St. John of the Cross's masterpiece Dark Night of the Soul to a new generation of readers and will renew the interest of those already familiar with its soaring poetry and timeless truths. The sixteenth-century Carmelite monk St. John of the Cross stands alongside St. Teresa of Avila as the West's best known and most beloved Christian mystic. As Peers writes in the Introduction to his definitive translation of Dark Night of the Soul, "The most sublime of all Spanish mystics, he soars aloft on the wings of Divine love to heights known hardly to any of them... True to the character of his thought, his style is always forceful and energetic." Dark Night of the Soul follows the soul's journey from a state of abandonment and darkness to a loving union with God. In a voice at once grandiose and melodious, and a style that combines the systematic theology of St. Thomas Aquinas with rapturous poetry, St. John describes the process of moving away from routine religious rituals and embracing a Being who can be known only through love. His words, Peers writes, "are a wonderful illustration of the theological truth that grace, far from destroying nature, ennobles and dignifies it, and of the agreement always found between the natural and the supernatural -- between the principles of sound reason and the sublime manifestations of Divine grace." One of the greatest contributions to the literature of mysticism, Dark Night of the Soul offers support and encouragement to all who seek oneness with God.

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Review:

What a beautiful translation! Starr offers us an entryway and a path into this sixteenth-century mystic s mind, and gives us a fine, personal introduction to begin our luminous journey. Natalie Goldberg, bestelling author of Writing Down the Bones

Mirabai Starr s admirably modernized translation restores to us a classic in all its unflinching candor. Andrew Harvey, bestselling author of The Direct Path

I am grateful for Mirabai Starr s fluid, inviting translation of this important text. from the Foreword by Thomas Moore, bestselling author of Care of the Soul

Starr, who teaches philosophy and religious studies at the University of New Mexico, offers an engaging and evocative new translation of John's most famous treatise, Dark Night of the Soul. Starr's lyrical translation and her thoughtful introduction bring new life to John's powerful treatise on the life of the soul. Publishers Weekly

When the ordeals of higher stages of the path of love begin, the seeker will find no more astute or accurate guide to their meaning and mystery than St. John of the Cross s Dark Night of the Soul.

Mirabai Starr s admirably modernized translation restores to us a classic in all its unflinching candor. Andrew Harvey, bestselling author of The Direct Path

What a beautiful translation! We all have used the title as an expression dark night of the soul but few of us have gone further. Starr offers us an entryway and a path into this sixteenth-century mystic s mind, and gives us a fine, personal introduction to begin our luminous journey. Natalie Goldberg, bestelling author of Writing Down the Bones

I am grateful for Mirabai Starr s fluid, inviting translation of this important text. He translation allows me to adapt John s words to my life with an immediacy I ve never felt before in relation to this work. With this marvelous English version in hand readers might discover their spiritual calling here and make the all-important shift from curing the personality to caring for the soul. from the Foreword by Thomas Moore, bestselling author of Care of the Soul

Not only beautiful, it is remarkably sensual. --Los Angeles Times

Book Description:

Important new translation of one of the world's best loved contemplative, spiritual texts

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0385029306
• ISBN 13: 9780385029308
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 193