The Cloud of Unknowing
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The Cloud of Unknowing

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The Cloud of Unknowing

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A mystical classic now easier to understand
  
Very few spiritual classics from centuries past offer real guidance for entering into the darkness and light of Christian mysticism. Notoriously difficult to understand, this contemporary English translation of one of the most popular texts from the late Middle Ages is different: It offers an accessible invitation to the reader to enter into an engagement with God, through this "cloud of unknowing."
 
Mystical concepts are explained in everyday language. Written by an anonymous fourteenth-century author, The Cloud of Unknowing was originally prepared for cloistered monks. Yet it has found centuries of readers from all walks of life. Each brief chapter offers the spiritual seeker a way to enter into the life of prayer and appeals to the reader's common sense in beginning steps on the path to knowing a God beyond all knowing. A foreword by bestselling author, Robert Benson, special to this edition, helps to put this classic text within reach of everyday Christians.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Introduction
  7. Prayer
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter 1 - Four Degrees of Christian Living
  10. Chapter 2 - Spiritual Preparation
  11. Chapter 3 - A Superior Discipline
  12. Chapter 4 - Knowledge and Imagination
  13. Chapter 5 - The Cloud of Forgetting
  14. Chapter 6 - A Brief Dialogue
  15. Chapter 7 - Intellectual Curiosity
  16. Chapter 8 - Regarding Uncertainties
  17. Chapter 9 - Contemplative Prayer
  18. Chapter 10 - Discernment
  19. Chapter 11 - Evaluating Thoughts
  20. Chapter 12 - Results of Contemplation
  21. Chapter 13 - Perfect and Imperfect Humility
  22. Chapter 14 - Begin with Imperfect Humility
  23. Chapter 15 - Understanding Humility
  24. Chapter 16 - Contemplative Humility
  25. Chapter 17 - A Critical World
  26. Chapter 18 - Ignorance
  27. Chapter 19 - Complaining
  28. Chapter 20 - God Responds
  29. Chapter 21 - The Text
  30. Chapter 22 - Love and Contemplation
  31. Chapter 23 - God’s Spiritual Provision
  32. Chapter 24 - Contemplative Love
  33. Chapter 25 - Details
  34. Chapter 26 - When Difficult Prayer Becomes Possible
  35. Chapter 27 - Who should Attempt Contemplation?
  36. Chapter 28 - Begin by Seeking Forgiveness
  37. Chapter 29 - Endurance
  38. Chapter 30 - Critics
  39. Chapter 31 - Beginners and Temptation
  40. Chapter 32 - Spiritual Devices
  41. Chapter 33 - Perfect Rest
  42. Chapter 34 - God’s Gift
  43. Chapter 35 - Reading, Reflection, and Prayer
  44. Chapter 36 - Meditation
  45. Chapter 37 - Special Prayers
  46. Chapter 38 - Why Short Prayers Pierce Heaven
  47. Chapter 39 - The Nature of Prayer
  48. Chapter 40 - Forgetting Virtue and Vice
  49. Chapter 41 - Contemplation and Indiscretion
  50. Chapter 42 - Indiscretion Produces Discretion
  51. Chapter 43 - Forgetting the Self
  52. Chapter 44 - Suppressing the Self
  53. Chapter 45 - Spiritual Illusions
  54. Chapter 46 - Spiritual Enthusiasm
  55. Chapter 47 - Approaching God
  56. Chapter 48 - Physical Aspects of Prayer
  57. Chapter 49 - Essence of Perfection
  58. Chapter 50 - Pure Love
  59. Chapter 51 - Misinterpretation
  60. Chapter 52 - Beginners’ Mistakes
  61. Chapter 53 - Outward Behavior
  62. Chapter 54 - Controlling the Body
  63. Chapter 55 - Condemning Others
  64. Chapter 56 - Common Sense and Common Doctrine
  65. Chapter 57 - Presumptuous Beginners
  66. Chapter 58 - Forcing Imagination
  67. Chapter 59 - Time, Place, and Prayer
  68. Chapter 60 - Desire
  69. Chapter 61 - Spirit and Flesh
  70. Chapter 62 - Understanding Spiritual Activity
  71. Chapter 63 - Mind
  72. Chapter 64 - Reason and Will
  73. Chapter 65 - Imagination
  74. Chapter 66 - Sensuality
  75. Chapter 67 - The Spiritual Way
  76. Chapter 68 - Nowhere is Everywhere
  77. Chapter 69 - Nothingness and Love
  78. Chapter 70 - Comprehending God
  79. Chapter 71 - Variety of Experience
  80. Chapter 72 - Differences
  81. Chapter 73 - Contributions
  82. Chapter 74 - Recognition
  83. Chapter 75 - Certainty
  84. Appendix
  85. Essay on the Cloud of Unknowing: by Evelyn Underhill