The Cloud Of Unknowing » cloud of forgetting http://fulbrightit.com/wordpress An Apophatic Retreat - allowing the Indefinable via contemplation Sun, 24 Apr 2011 04:25:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Loreena McKennitt – Contemplative Soul Music http://fulbrightit.com/wordpress/2010/05/13/46/ http://fulbrightit.com/wordpress/2010/05/13/46/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 02:41:04 +0000 Bill http://fulbrightit.com/wordpress/?p=46 The Dark Night of the Soul, performed by Loreena McKennitt Loreena McKennitt performs a song called “Dark Night of the Soul” inspired by St. John of the Cross.  She sings about the love of God and the pursuit of it in this song.

If you like ‘The Dark Night of the Soul’ and all that it implies, you should look into reading ‘The Cloud of Unknowing’ by an anonymous author in 1375.   There are more than a few present day English translations that make for a bit more easy reading than the 14th century English in which it was written.  It speaks of the apophatic approach to ‘knowing’, trusting and allowing God.  It is precisely pursuit of the internal mystical relationship with God via the path of allowing and consenting to God being with you through the vehicle of trust.  The Dark Night of the Soul will make more sense after reading this!  I have the olde english version here as a free download, and it can be bought on some of the web bookstores for only a few dollars.  I am re-reading it after many times.

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