The Cloud of Unknowing for Everyone - Softcover

Obbard, Elizabeth Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0904287971 ISBN 13: 9780904287974

Publisher: New City, 2007

Synopsis

Describing contemplative prayer, this book attempts to offer spiritual nourishment to those who find this way of praying natural for them and those who wish to discover hitherto unknown facets of the beauty of prayer.

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Review

"You may have valued for many years the wisdom of the unknown fourteenth century author who wrote The Cloud of Unknowing or you may have never opened its pages - either way you will find, as I have, much of value in this book. You may know the work of Elizabeth Obbard through the pages of this magazine: her take on Julian of Norwich and her delightfully simple but profound line drawings. This simplified version of the cloud, which can, in some translations, be difficult, is so accessible and yet it retains the profundity of the original classic book of instruction on contemplative prayer. I used it over several weeks for my morning prayer and silence. It is comfortably divided into short sections and every one can be mulled over and can bring one to (at least moments of!) quiet contemplation. I know it will repay further study." - Janet Robinson, The Julian Meetings Magazine April 2009

Synopsis

In this adaptation of a classic 'how to' book of contemplative prayer, beautifully and simply expressed and illustrated, the riches of contemplative prayer are made available to all. Those who find this way of praying natural for them and those who wish to discover hitherto unknown facets of the beauty of prayer can alike find in it real spiritual nourishment.

Edition details

• Publisher: New City
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0904287971
• ISBN 13: 9780904287974
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88