St. John of the Cross for Beginners Meninger WilliamPaperback
A Commentary on The Ascent of Mount Carmel and The Dark Night of the Soul "For the soul to attain to the state of perfection, ordinarily it must pass through two principal kinds of night, which are…
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A Commentary on The Ascent of Mount Carmel and The Dark Night of the Soul "For the soul to attain to the state of perfection, ordinarily it must pass through two principal kinds of night, which are actually purgations, or purifications, of the soul. We will call them nights because the journey through these purgations and purifications is, as it were, by night in darkness. The first purgation is the dark night of the senses. The second purification is the dark night of the spirit. In both cases, it is the soul that undergoes the dark night but through its different parts, the sensual part and the spiritual." --St. John of the Cross, "The Dark Night"Fr. William Meninger guides the reader through two basic works of inner development, The Ascent of Mount Carmel and The Dark Night of the Soul, by St. John of the