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The Dark Night of the Soul

By John of the Cross

First written late 16th century

About this book

David Lewis’s nineteenth-century English translation of John’s commentary on his poem “On a dark night”, describing the passive purifications of sense and spirit through which God brings the soul to union.

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Title
The Dark Night of the Soul
Translated by
David Lewis

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