"Obscure Night of The Soul" by Saint John of the Cross is a profound and spiritually enlightening read that delves deep into the journey of the soul towards union with God. The author's poetic and metaphorical language beautifully captures the struggles and challenges that one may face on the path to spiritual enlightenment.

Saint John of the Cross explores the concept of the "dark night of the soul" – a period of intense spiritual crisis and purification – with great insight and wisdom. Through his writings, readers are encouraged to embrace the darkness and difficulties that come with the spiritual journey, as they ultimately lead to a deeper connection with the divine.

Overall, "Obscure Night of The Soul" is a timeless and thought-provoking work that offers valuable insights and guidance for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of their spiritual journey. Saint John of the Cross's poetic and profound words will resonate with readers long after they have finished the book.

Book Description:
The Obscure Night of the Soul, better know today as The Dark Night of the Soul, is the distilled teaching of St John of the Cross, who reintroduced and revolutionized Christian Contemplation in the 16th Century. The text remains in print until this day, and has been an inspiration to seekers for centuries. St John's method is known as the Via Negativa, defined in Wikipedia as "a type of theological thinking that attempts to describe God, the Divine Good, by negation, to speak only in terms of what may not be said about the perfect goodness that is God...In brief, negative theology is an attempt to clarify religious experience and language about the Divine through discernment, gaining knowledge of what God is not , rather than by describing what God is. The apophatic tradition is often, though not always, allied with the approach of mysticism, which focuses on a spontaneous or cultivated individual experience of the divine reality beyond the realm of ordinary perception, an experience often unmediated by the structures of traditional organized religion or by the conditioned role-playing and learned defensive behavior of the outer man." - Summary by Ed Humpal and Wikipedia