{"product_id":"dark-night-of-the-soul-isbn-9781573229746","title":"Dark Night of the Soul","description":"While imprisoned in a tiny prison cell for his attempts to reform the Church, sixteenth-century Spanish mystic John of the Cross composed many of his now classic poems of the soul’s longing for God. Written on a scroll smuggled to him by one of his guards, his songs are the ultimate expression of the spiritual seeker’s journey from estranged despair to blissful union with the divine\u003cp\u003eAfter escaping his captors, John fell into a state of profound ecstasy and wrote \u003cb\u003eDark Night of the Soul\u003c\/b\u003e. Later, he added an important commentary to his poem to guide other searching souls along the arduous path to communion with God. Here, for the first time, a scholar unaffiliated with the Catholic Church has translated this timeless work. Mirabai Starr, who has studied Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism, lends the seeker’s sensibility to John’s powerful text and brings this classic work to the twenty-first century in a brilliant and beautiful rendering\u003c\/p\u003eDark Night of the SoulForeword\u003cbr\u003e  Preface\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  Prologue\u003cbr\u003e  Book I: Night of Sense\u003cbr\u003e  Book II: Night of the Spirit“What a beautiful translation!…Starr offers us an entryway and a path into this sixteenth-century mystic’s mind, and gives us a fine, personal introduction to begin our luminous journey.”—\u003cb\u003eNatalie Goldberg, bestelling author of Writing Down the Bones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mirabai Starr’s admirably modernized translation restores to us a classic in all its unflinching candor.”—\u003cb\u003eAndrew Harvey, bestselling author of The Direct Path\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I am grateful for Mirabai Starr’s fluid, inviting translation of this important text.”—\u003cb\u003efrom the Foreword by Thomas Moore, bestselling author of Care of the Soul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Starr, who teaches philosophy and religious studies at the University of New Mexico, offers an engaging and evocative new translation of John's most famous treatise, “Dark Night of the Soul.”…Starr's lyrical translation and her thoughtful introduction bring new life to John's powerful treatise on the life of the soul.”—\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“When the ordeals of higher stages of the path of love begin, the seeker will find no more astute or accurate guide to their meaning and mystery than St. John of the Cross’s \u003cb\u003eDark Night of the Soul\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Mirabai Starr’s admirably modernized translation restores to us a classic in all its unflinching candor.”—\u003cb\u003eAndrew Harvey, bestselling author of The Direct Path\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What a beautiful translation! We all have used the title as an expression—“dark night of the soul”—but few of us have gone further. Starr offers us an entryway and a path into this sixteenth-century mystic’s mind, and gives us a fine, personal introduction to begin our luminous journey.”—\u003cb\u003eNatalie Goldberg, bestelling author of Writing Down the Bones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I am grateful for Mirabai Starr’s fluid, inviting translation of this important text. He translation allows me to adapt John’s words to my life with an immediacy I’ve never felt before in relation to this work. With this marvelous English version in hand…readers might discover their spiritual calling here and make the all-important shift from curing the personality to caring for the soul.”—\u003cb\u003efrom the Foreword by Thomas Moore, bestselling author of Care of the Soul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Not only beautiful, it is remarkably sensual.”—\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eThomas Moore, Ph.D., wrote the phenomenal #1 bestsellers \u003cb\u003eCare of the Soul\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSoulMates\u003c\/b\u003e as well as many other successful books. Moore was a Catholic monk for twelve years and later became a psychotherapist, earning degrees in theology, musicology, and religion. Moore now lectures extensively throughout North America.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302685692133,"sku":"NP9781573229746","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781573229746.jpg?v=1767724713","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/dark-night-of-the-soul-isbn-9781573229746","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}