Description: 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. 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.
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. 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. Previous translations of the Cloud have tended to veil its intimate, even friendly tone under medieval-sounding language. Carmen Butcher has boldly brought the text into language as appealing to modern ears as it was to its original readers more than five hundred years ago.
Also included in the volume is the companion work attributed to the same anonymous author, The Book of Privy Counsel, which contains further advice for approaching God in a way that emphasizes real experience rather than human knowledge.
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Narrative Type: book
Type: book
Intended Audience: General/trade
Book Title: Cloud of Unknowing : a New Translation
Item Length: 8.4in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Carmen Acevedo Butcher
Format: United Kingdom-Trade PAPER
Language: English
Topic: Mysticism, Christian Theology / General
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion
Item Weight: 14.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
