I decided to title this post as the cloud of the unknowing. It is originally a title of an ascetic book (christian mysticism book as i was corrected).
I wanted to find an image to hint at Dante's circles of hell - the first trail of the
necessary journey.
It feels a bit like that. Emotions hover from excitement to shiver of the unknown.
The unforeseen path lies ahead...
Christian mysticism rather than asceticism... Have you even read it?
ReplyDeleteyes christian mysticism. Thanks. I referee to it as ascetic because of the person who introduced this book indirectly to me. I have this book but after its instruction of the first paragraph I thought better of it... Maybe I chickened out of reading it... For me how I came to know of this book and in particular the word nube meant a lot at that time in my life. Have you read this book? It would be interesting to see your views... As for this particular post I wanted to link its title to where I heard of it first time. Thanks for your correction about. Mysticism vs ascetic...
ReplyDelete'Chiunque tu sia a essere venuto in possesso di questo libro (forse è di tua proprietà o semplicemente l’hai in custodia o lo devi consegnare ad altri oppure lo tieni in prestito), con tutta l’energia e la forza compatibili con il vincolo della carità ti prego e ti scongiuro, per quel che sta alla tua volontà e saggezza, di non leggerlo e di non farne menzione ad alcuno, scrivendone o parlandone, e di fare in modo che nessuno lo legga, ne scriva o ne parli, a meno che si tratti di uno che, a tuo giudizio, è veramente intenzionato a seguire Cristo in maniera totale e perfetta'
ReplyDeleteThis is the text in the first part of the prologue or chapter that put me off reading it... I was still am not ready i think for it.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_nube_della_non-conoscenza
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