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Divine darkness

The darkness beyond light in which, according to the mystics, God is met beyond all knowing.

Also: luminous darkness

Christian mysticism

Gregory of Nyssa read Moses’ entry into the cloud on Sinai as the soul’s entry into a darkness where God is, beyond understanding. Dionysius called it the darkness above light, the brilliant darkness of a hidden silence. The theme runs through the Cloud of Unknowing and John of the Cross.