A Book of Contemplation the Which is Called The Cloud of Unknowing
By The author of The Cloud of Unknowing
Edited by Evelyn Underhill
John M. Watkins, London, 1912
First written late 14th century
In the public domain
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Evelyn Underhill’s edition, with modernized spelling and an introduction, of the anonymous fourteenth-century English guide to contemplative prayer, in which God is reached by love through a “cloud of unknowing”.
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The author of The Cloud of Unknowing. A Book of Contemplation the Which is Called The Cloud of Unknowing. Edited by Evelyn Underhill. John M. Watkins, London, 1912.
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