The Cloud of Unknowing

by Anonymous, James Walsh, Evelyn Underhill, et al.

Book Overview

In fourteenth-century England an anonymous monk wrote an extraordinary text illuminating the life of contemplative devotion and the drama of the soul's union with God. Precariously heretical in its day, it became a classic of Christian mystical thought. Dr. Ira Progoff's brilliant new translation and commentary illustrate The Cloud of Unknowing 's ongoing relevance. Dr. Progoff reveals a bridge spanning the perilous abyss between modern psychology's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385281447
• ISBN13: 9780385281447
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Delta
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"