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John of the Cross and Dark Night of the Soul

16th century Spanish poet, Roman Catholic mystic and Carmelite priest, Saint John of the Cross, wrote the poem Dark Night of the Soul and latera treatise commenting on the poem. It was written while John of the Cross was imprisoned by … Continue reading

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Simon and Garfunkle – The Sounds of Silence

The Sounds of Silence Hello, darkness, my old friend I’ve come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within … Continue reading

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Salvador Dali – Christ of St John of the Cross

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Dark Night of the Soul has moved to WordPress

Because Blogger will no longer support FTP blogs from May 1st I have moved this blog to WordPress. The default theme will soon be replaced by one under development. var amzn_wdgt={widget:’MyFavorites’}; amzn_wdgt.tag=’darknightofthesoul-20′; amzn_wdgt.columns=’3′; amzn_wdgt.rows=’1′; amzn_wdgt.title=’Dark Night of the Soul Books’; … Continue reading

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New Dark Night of the Soul Website taking shape

The rebuild of the Dark Night of the Soul website is coming along. Over the last week I’ve got the section on mysticism up. On it so far you can find the complete text and explanation of the Dark Night … Continue reading

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Testing BlogJet

I have installed an interesting application – BlogJet. It’s a cool Windows client for my blog tool (as well as for other tools). Get your copy here: http://blogjet.com. It allows you to edit posts for your blogs while you are … Continue reading

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Some of my blogs and Google groups are now linked

In the interests of wider communication I am experimenting with automatic linking between some of my blogs and their associated email discussion groups. This is a test email to all of my blogs to see if the linking works OK. … Continue reading

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