The Cloud of Unknowing
With the Book of Privy Counsel
Recommended by Richard Harries, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #33 in Mysticism
This anonymous fourteenth-century text is the glory of English mysticism, and one of the most practical and useful guides to finding union with God ever written. Carmen Acevedo Butcher’s new translation is the first to bring the text into a modern English idiom—while remaining strictly faithful to the meaning of the original Middle English.
The Cloud of Unknowing consists of a series of letters written by a monk to his student or disciple, instructing him (or her) in the way of Divine union. Its theology is presented in a way that is remarkably easy to understand, as well... more
The Cloud of Unknowing consists of a series of letters written by a monk to his student or disciple, instructing him (or her) in the way of Divine union. Its theology is presented in a way that is remarkably easy to understand, as well... more
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Richard Harries This book, for me, is very important because Christianity has this strong mystical tradition, which can often be neglected. (Source)
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