The Obscure Night - Ascent of Mount Carmel - St. John of the Cross

The Obscure Night
Two Kinds of This Night
Nature of the Obscure Night
Privation of the Desire
Mortification of the Desire
Two Great Evils of the Desires

The Ascent of Mount Carmel is one of the timeless classics of Christian contemplation, radical in its time and deeply influential in the world today. St John of the Cross and St Teresa of Avila worked together to reform the Carmelite Order in the Roman Catholic Church, in which he is honored as one of the Doctors of the Church. An active priest and teacher in his lifetime, this work is considered primary source material the training of Spiritual Directors, and an essential set of guidelines for all students of Revelation through Divine Love.