THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING

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'''The Cloud of Unknowing''' is a practical spiritual guidebook thought to have been written in the 14th century by an anonymous English monk who counsels a young student to seek God not through knowledge but through love.
The book, which draws on the mystical tradition of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, has reputedly inspired generations of mystical searchers from St. John of the Cross to Teilhard de Chardin. It has been described as Christianity with a Zen outlook, but has also been derided by some as anti-intellectual.
The practical prayer advice contained in ''The Cloud of Unknowing'' formed the basis for the practice of centering prayer, a form of Christian meditation developed by Trappist monks William Meninger, Basil Pennington and Thomas Keating in the 1970s.

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★ ''The Cloud of Unknowing'' : and ''The Book of Privy Counseling'' (1973). translator, William Johnston. 1996 edition foreword, Huston Smith. Image Doubleday, paperback: ISBN 0-385-03097-5

★ ''The Cloud of Unknowing'' (1981). Paulist Press translation. 2004 HarperCollins edition: ISBN 0-06-073775-1

★ ''The Cloud of Unknowing'' (1957). translation by Ira Progoff. Dell/Doubleday. 1983 paperback: ISBN 0440319943, 1989 paperback: ISBN 0-385-28144-7

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★ Introduction to Online text with analysis and bibliography

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★ Online text in Middle English, 2528 lines in 75 chapters on one html page

★ John Watkins 1922 London edition with introduction by Evelyn Underhill

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★ Alternate Internet Archive link for London edition when primary server is periodically unavailable.