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A Book of Contemplation the Which Is Called the Cloud of Unknowing, in the Which a Soul Is Oned with God is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Cloud of Unknowing is a fourteenth-century work of Christian mysticism written by an anonymous author. It is a spiritual guide to contemplative prayer—the art of surrendering ego, mind, and expectations so that God may pierce the barrier, or cloud, that separates him from us. Since this book’s entrance into religious circles more than 500 years ago, the question of authorship has been asked...

HERE BEGINNETH A short stirring to meekness, and to the work of this book. LOOK up now, weak wretch, and see what thou art. What art thou, and what hast thou merited, thus to be called of our Lord? What weary wretched heart, and sleeping in sloth, is that, the which is not wakened with the draught of this love and the voice of this calling! Beware, thou wretch, in this while with thine enemy; and hold thee never the holier nor the better, for the worthiness of this calling and
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