The Dark Night of the Soul
Subtitle: A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection Between Darkness and Spiritual Growth
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780061895173
Description: "May emphasizes that the dark night is not necessarily a time of suffering and despair, but rather one of deep transition, during which our lives are clouded and full of mystery as we move through a time of trial and uncertainty to freedom and joy. The darkness of the night implies nothing sinister, but rather that our liberation takes place mysteriously, in secret, and beyond our conscious control." "May draws on the great Christian spiritual teachings and writings on the "dark night", especially by John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila, on other spiritual traditions, psychiatric ideas and resources, and on poetry and literature. The Dark Night of the Soul embraces the universal spiritual experience of disorientation, doubt, fear, emptiness, "dryness," and despair, all of which are ingredients in developing a mature, authentic spiritual life."--BOOK JACKET.