Talk:Dark Night of the Soul
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Does the darkness of the dark night refer to spookiness, or to the obscuration of the ordinary mental processes, the continuing annihilation of the self whereby the soul is emptied in preparation for union with God? 69.213.80.189 09:05, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
Consider this passage from the Ascent of Mount Carmel: "WE may say that there are three reasons for which this journey made by the soul to union with God is called night. The first has to do with the point from which the soul goes forth, for it has gradually to deprive itself of desire for all the worldly things which it possessed, by denying them to itself; the which denial and deprivation are, as it were, night to all the senses of man. The second reason has to do with the mean, or the road along which the soul must travel to this union — that is, faith, which is likewise as dark as night to the understanding. The third has to do with the point to which it travels — namely, God, Who, equally, is dark night to the soul in this life. These three nights must pass through the soul — or, rather, the soul must pass through them — in order that it may come to Divine union with God." My worry is that this article misdefines the term Dark Night. It has nothing to do with fear that I can see. 69.212.37.221 01:23, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
