The Cloud of Unknowing
Edited by Patrick J. Gallacher
Paperback (Published)
(May 1997)
ISBN: 9781879288898
7.01 x 10 inches
Price: $14.95
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Describes the contemplative method centered around eliminating all noise and images from the mind, and in that encounter with nothingness, finding God. Accessible to students and teachers by including a gloss, introduction, notes, and glossary. This text gives a great introduction to the ethos of mysticism in the middle ages.
The Cloud of Unknowing describes the contemplative method centered around eliminating all noise and images from the mind, and in that encounter with nothingness, finding God. Meanwhile, despite the austerity of the content, the style of the author is warm and congenial and eminently readable. Patrick J. Gallacher further makes this text accessible to students and teachers by including a gloss, introduction, notes, and glossary. This text gives a great introduction to the ethos of mysticism in the middle ages.
Acknowledgments Introduction Select Bibliography The Cloud of Unknowing Notes Glossary, Acknowledgments
Introduction
Select Bibliography
The Cloud of Unknowing
Notes
Glossary
- Edited by Patrick J. Gallacher
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