San Juan de la Cruz, the 16th-century Spanish mystic, is regarded as one of Spain's finest poets. Passionate, ecstatic and spiritual, his poems are a blend of lyricism and mystical thought. This book presents a translation of the complete poems, with the aim of recreating the religious fervour of St[...]
In "The Dark Night of the Soul", Spanish mystic St. John of the Cross describes the purification, or 'night', that the human soul must experience if it is to enter into loving union with God in this life. Its combination of personal, pastoral, and academic wisdom has made "The Dark Night of the Soul[...]
Introduction by P. J. Kavanagh. A finely produced, bilingual edition of these celebrated poems. Rejoice, my love, with me And in your beauty see us both reflected: By mountain-slope and lea Where purest rills run free, We'll pass into the forest undetected. -from "Songs Between the Soul and the Br[...]