The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works (Penguin Classics) by PENGUIN GROUP (UK) (2001) Paperback

by Anonymous

Unknown Binding

About the author

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* They are officially published under that name
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Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

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Reviews

[Lydia Alvarado · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Contemplation is the work for which we were made and everything was made for us to help and further us in it, and by it we shall once more be restored”

“By grace he kindled your desire, and fastened it to a leash of longing, and led you by it into a more special state and form of life….It seems that, in the heart’s love he has had for you since you began to exist, he would not give you up so easily”

“He is quite ready, and is only waiting for you.”

“There has never been and never shall be any living creature, however pure, raised to whatever height of ecstasy in contemplation and love of the Godhead, who does not always have a high and wonderful cloud of unknowing between him and his God”

[Hunter Jefferson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Overall, I get the hype. For a short work, the Cloud of Unknowing is very helpful and descriptive of the kind of apophatic mysticism you can find in western Christianity. Especially as a Catholic, I really loved this and will be returning to it regularly.

[Marin Hanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

probably one of the most thought-provoking texts I've read in a while. definitely is a wonderful text to read when feeling like you're in an unknown.