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The Cloud of Unknowing (Paperback)
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The Cloud of Unknowing (Paperback)
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Loot Price R523
Discovery Miles 5 230
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"Unlike many mystics, who celebrate ecstasies, visions, voices, the
scent of strange perfumes, [and] the hearing of sweet sounds, he
believed that the key to a closer relationship with God required
private thought and prayer, and the elimination of all other
distractions. He distrusted psychic phenomena, believing they were
the accidents rather than the substance of the contemplative life,
and quite possibly the work of the Devil. He felt that such
hallucinations led only to self-deception and brought the believer
no closer to God. Humorous at times, and written in plain English,
The Cloud of Unknowing is intended for the general reader,
especially the beginner in contemplation unsure about how to
overcome initial difficulties. British writer of prose and poetry
EVELYN UNDERHILL (18751941) was a fellow of Kings College for Women
and Kings College, and was the first woman to lecture to the clergy
in the Church of England. Through her radio appearances and her
stint as editor of the political magazine The Spectator, she was a
familiar voice in British public life between the wars. She
authored more than 30 books (some under the pseudonym John
Cordelier), including Concerning the Inner Life and Radiance: A
Spiritual Memoir."
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