The Cloud Of Unknowing: And Other Works
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the depths of 14th-century England comes one of the most profound and enduring works of Christian mysticism ever written — The Cloud of Unknowing, an anonymous masterpiece that instructs the devoted soul on how to transcend rational thought and encounter God through pure contemplative love. Written by an unknown English mystic, this seminal text argues that the divine cannot be reached through intellect alone, but only through a selfless, wordless act of love that pierces the cloud separating humanity from the divine. This Penguin Classics edition also presents a collection of companion works, including The Book of Privy Counselling, further illuminating the anonymous author's rich and disciplined spiritual vision. Together, these texts stand as cornerstones of the Western mystical tradition, drawing on the teachings of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and anticipating the contemplative movements that would follow centuries later. The author's prose is at once humble and authoritative, intimate and transcendent — guiding the reader with a quiet urgency through the interior landscape of the soul. Written in Middle English yet rendered here in a flowing modern translation, the work retains all the raw spiritual power of its original form, leaving the reader to wonder: what lies beyond the cloud?
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Genre: Religion
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the depths of 14th-century England comes one of the most profound and enduring works of Christian mysticism ever written — The Cloud of Unknowing, an anonymous masterpiece that instructs the devoted soul on how to transcend rational thought and encounter God through pure contemplative love. Written by an unknown English mystic, this seminal text argues that the divine cannot be reached through intellect alone, but only through a selfless, wordless act of love that pierces the cloud separating humanity from the divine. This Penguin Classics edition also presents a collection of companion works, including The Book of Privy Counselling, further illuminating the anonymous author's rich and disciplined spiritual vision. Together, these texts stand as cornerstones of the Western mystical tradition, drawing on the teachings of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and anticipating the contemplative movements that would follow centuries later. The author's prose is at once humble and authoritative, intimate and transcendent — guiding the reader with a quiet urgency through the interior landscape of the soul. Written in Middle English yet rendered here in a flowing modern translation, the work retains all the raw spiritual power of its original form, leaving the reader to wonder: what lies beyond the cloud?