![]() Previous translations of the Cloud have tended to veil its intimate, even friendly tone under medieval-sounding language. Its theology is presented in a way that is remarkably easy to understand, as well as practical, providing advice on prayer and contemplation that anyone can use. The Cloud of Unknowing consists of a series of letters written by a monk to his student or disciple, instructing him (or her) in the way of Divine union. Carmen Acevedo Butcher’s new translation is the first to bring the text into a modern English idiom-while remaining strictly faithful to the meaning of the original Middle English. This anonymous fourteenth-century text is the glory of English mysticism, and one of the most practical and useful guides to finding union with God ever written. ![]() ![]() Now part of the beautifully designed Shambhala Pocket Library collection.Ī marvelously readable translation of the great Middle English classic of Christian mysticism-now part of the beautifully designed Shambhala Pocket Library collection A marvellously readable translation of the great Middle English classic of Christian mysticism.
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