This book is a spiritual guide to help readers explore the mysteries of life and gain a deeper understanding of their faith. It is based on the teachings of an anonymous 14th century English mystic, and is designed to help readers reach a state of union with God. Through meditation, contemplation, and
The Cloud of Unknowing is an anonymous work of Christian mysticism written in Middle English in the latter half of the 14th century. The text is written as guide from a teacher to a student, with the message that God cannot be understood via reason or intellect, but only through love: “By love may He be gotten and holden, but never through thought.” To achieve this goal, the text recommends cultivation of two mental states: “The cloud of forgetting”, and “the cloud of unknowing”.