The Dark Night of the Soul
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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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John of the Cross. The Dark Night of the Soul. Translated by David Lewis.
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“The Dark Night of the Soul.” Source. The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society. Last modified November 7, 2026. https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/dark-night-lewis.
“The Dark Night of the Soul,” source, The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society, last modified November 7, 2026, https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/dark-night-lewis.
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