Charlie Cleverly

Title page

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Dedication

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction: Why journey with the mystics today?

Part 1: The Cloud

1. The Cloud of Unknowing ‘Dear spiritual friend’

2. ‘When you first begin, you find only darkness’

3. ‘Never be without some sense of eternal sweetness, even in this life’

Scattered Senses

4. ‘Sit quite still, as if slipping asleep, worn out with sobbing and sunk in sorrow’

5. ‘Take a short word “God” or “Love”’

6. ‘It was in this cloud that Mary experienced the many secret movements of her love’

7. ‘Let your mind rest in the awareness of him in his naked existence, and to love and praise him for what he is in himself’

Part 2: The Night

1. John of the Cross: ‘The Dark Night of the Soul’

2. Union with God in the Stillness and Darkness

Saatbrak

3. Our Culture’s Dark Night of the Soul

4. Ways through the Darkness: Healing Creativity

5. Ways through the Darkness: Healing Nature

6. Ways through the Darkness: Spiritual Friendships 

Mid-Point Resting Place on the Journey

1. Ways through the Darkness: Teresa of Avila and Finding the Still Centre

Part 3: The Fire

1. Richard Rolle the Forerunner

Chaoticorder

2. Later Stories of Fire

3. Fire of Love – Fire of Pentecost

4. Fire and Love Today

Part 4: The Song

1. A Brief History of Song

2. The Mingling of Joy and Lament and Community in Song

3. Joining the Song of Songs

4. The End of Winter and the Season of Singing

Select Bibliography

Endnotes

\["For those seeking spiritual guidance in troubled times", "Helps you pray through challenges like despair and confusion", "You will find comfort and wisdom from ancient voices"\]

This book connects ancient mystics to modern prayer practices.

Cloud, The Night, The Fire and the Song

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