Christian works of mysticism and devotion, written to guide the reader toward prayer, union with God and a life of piety. They include anonymous medieval treatises and the visionary writings of well known mystics. Some were written in the vernacular for lay readers and nuns rather than for scholars, and they remain in print and in use for private reading and retreat. Members placed here so far include The Cloud of Unknowing, Revelations of Divine Love, The Imitation of Christ.
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The Cloud of Unknowing (Wikipedia)
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The Cloud of Unknowing (Middle English: The Cloude of Unknowyng) is an anonymous work of Christian mysticism written in Middle English in the latter half of the 14th century.
Revelations of Divine Love (Wikipedia)
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Revelations of Divine Love is a medieval book of Christian mystical devotions.
The Imitation of Christ (Wikipedia)
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The Imitation of Christ is a Christian devotional book by Thomas à Kempis, composed in Medieval Latin as De Imitatione Christi c.
Dark Night of the Soul (Wikipedia)
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The Dark Night of the Soul (Spanish: La noche oscura del alma) is a phase of passive purification in the mystical development of the individual's spirit, according to the 16th-century Spanish mystic and Catholic poet St.
Ars moriendi (Wikipedia)
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The Ars moriendi ("The Art of Dying") are two related Latin texts dating from about 1415 and 1450 which offer advice on the protocols and procedures of a good death, explaining how to "die well" according to Christian precepts of the late Middle Ages.
Physiologus (Wikipedia)
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The Physiologus (Greek: Φυσιολόγος) is a didactic Christian text written or compiled in Greek by an unknown author in Alexandria.
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