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52 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
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The Essence of Spirituality,
By Edvard T. Jonsson (Iceland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Cloud of Unknowing (Element Classics of World Spirituality Editions,) (Hardcover)
This beautiful, extraordinary and timeless book by an anonymous 14th century author is one of the greatest mystical treatises of any time in any religion. It is to be most warmly recommended to all true and sincere students of mysticism. It radiates the warmth of St. Francis de Sales, touches in a uniquely loving and gentle way on the sufferings on the soul immersed in the dark night of the spirit, offers guidance on ways of contemplation and the attainment of true humility, which, as the author asserts, is the prerequisite of self-knowledge preparing the way for the love of God which the purified soul must enter through the cloud of unknowing. This book is my steady companion along with Jean-Pierre de Caussade, Rumi and The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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A Mystic in the Mists,
This review is from: The Cloud of Unknowing (Element Classics of World Spirituality Editions,) (Hardcover)
This very gently edited version of The Cloud of Unknowing is a must read for aspiring mystics or those who seem to be becoming mystics through little intent of their own. The language of this edition captivates by retaining many of the 14th century original phrases and is easily understood, despite antiquity, by any reader who already feels to be within God's mists.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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The Essence of Spirituality,
By Edvard T. Jonsson (Iceland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Cloud of Unknowing (Element Classics of World Spirituality Editions,) (Hardcover)
This beautiful, extraordinary and timeless book by an anonymous 14th century author is one of the greatest mystical treatises of any time in any religion. It is to be most warmly recommended to all true and sincere students of mysticism. It radiates the warmth of St. Francis de Sales, touches in a uniquely loving and gentle way on the sufferings on the soul immersed in the dark night of the spirit, offers guidance on ways of contemplation and the attainment of true humility, which, as the author asserts, is the prerequisite of self-knowledge preparing the way for the love of God which the purified soul must enter through the cloud of unknowing. This book is my steady companion along with Jean-Pierre de Caussade, Rumi and The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah.
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The Cloud of Unknowing (Element Classics of World Spirituality Editions,) by Laurence Freeman (Hardcover - Mar. 1997)
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