{"product_id":"the-dark-night-of-the-soul-the-complete-text","title":"The Dark Night of the Soul: The Complete Text","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Dark Night of the Soul is Saint John of the Cross's account of the way God leads a soul to union with Himself. He wrote it to explain a poem he had composed in a prison cell, and it maps the two great purifications every contemplative must pass through: the night of sense, in which the beginner is weaned from the sweetness of prayer, and the deeper night of the spirit, in which the soul is stripped of its last hold upon itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat feels like abandonment, Saint John shows, is the nearness of a God too bright to be seen, and the darkness itself is the work of love. This Sanctified Souls Press edition presents the complete treatise, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eboth books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in the English translation David Lewis prepared in 1864. Newly set in Crimson Pro and Cinzel, on cream paper, for reading and keeping.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003eAuthor:  St John of the Cross\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003eEAN: \u003cspan id=\"pd-product-id\"\u003e9798240807329\u003c\/span\u003e   \u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003ePublisher: \u003ca class=\"doPublisherSearch\" href=\"https:\/\/ipage.ingramcontent.com\/ipage\/productdetail?queryString=H4sIAAAAAAAA_6tWKk5RskpLzClO1VEqzs9XsiopKgUyC0qUrJSc8vOzlYDs4iolKyNTICMHKOgaEeKiBFILZLv4-rnEBzuCuAVKVtHRhjpKQLZ3amV5flFKfEhmSU4qkG9pbmlhZGJgYWBubGSpFBtbCwAzZxjUdQAAAA\u0026amp;R=90789311\" pubname=\"Sanctified Souls Press\" producttype=\"Book\" productlimit=\"EXTD\"\u003eSanctified Souls Press\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003ePages:  132\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003ePub Date: August 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50550826598575,"sku":"9798240807329","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/6840\/3267\/files\/The-Dark-Night-of-the-Soul-The-Complete-Text.jpg?v=1790720263","url":"https:\/\/www.thevillagedove.com\/products\/the-dark-night-of-the-soul-the-complete-text","provider":"The Village Dove","version":"1.0","type":"link"}