The Cloud Of Unknowing
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church History, Eastern Religions, Buddhism, Fiction & Literature, Classics
| Author: | Evelyn Underhill | ISBN: | 1230000028161 |
| Publisher: | AppsPublisher | Publication: | October 30, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Evelyn Underhill |
| ISBN: | 1230000028161 |
| Publisher: | AppsPublisher |
| Publication: | October 30, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
The Cloud of Unknowing
ed. by Evelyn Underhill
"The Cloud of Unknowing is a practical spiritual guidebook thought to have been written in the 14th century by an anonymous English monk who counsels a young student to seek God not through knowledge but through love.
The book, which draws on the mystical tradition of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, has reputedly inspired generations of mystical searchers from St. John of the Cross to Teilhard de Chardin. It has been described as Christianity with a Zen outlook, but has also been derided by some as anti-intellectual.
The practical prayer advice contained in The Cloud of Unknowing formed the basis for the practice of centering prayer, a form of Christian meditation developed by Trappist monks William Meninger, Basil Pennington and Thomas Keating in the 1970s."
The Cloud of Unknowing
ed. by Evelyn Underhill
"The Cloud of Unknowing is a practical spiritual guidebook thought to have been written in the 14th century by an anonymous English monk who counsels a young student to seek God not through knowledge but through love.
The book, which draws on the mystical tradition of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, has reputedly inspired generations of mystical searchers from St. John of the Cross to Teilhard de Chardin. It has been described as Christianity with a Zen outlook, but has also been derided by some as anti-intellectual.
The practical prayer advice contained in The Cloud of Unknowing formed the basis for the practice of centering prayer, a form of Christian meditation developed by Trappist monks William Meninger, Basil Pennington and Thomas Keating in the 1970s."
