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St. John of the Cross (1542–1591)

Author of The Dark Night of the Soul

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About the Author

St. John of the Cross represents the pinnacle of Spanish mysticism. In contrast to St. Teresa's works, which refer frequently to things of this world, St. John's poetry works on a purely spiritual, abstract plane. His poems consist of allegorical descriptions of the journey of his spirit through show more mortification of earthly appetites, illumination, and purification of the soul to union with God. In his prose commentaries on his own poems he laments the insufficiency of language to communicate his mystical experiences and his interior life. A disciple of St. Teresa, he became the spiritual director of her convent at Avila in 1572 and was responsible for carrying out many of her rigorous new programs for the Carmelite Order. Objections to his extreme reforms led to a period of imprisonment and torture in Toledo. During this time, according to tradition, he wrote Spiritual Canticle. His concentrated symbolic poetry has been studied with enthusiasm by such modern poets as T. S. Eliot, Paul Valery, and Jorge Guillen. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Also includes: St. John (4), de la Cruz Juan (3), Juan de la Cruz (1), Juan de la Cruz (2), Saint John (2)

Disambiguation Notice:

Please don't confuse with Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (c. 1650 - 1695), who was a Mexican nun

Series

Works by St. John of the Cross

The Dark Night of the Soul (1959) 2,637 copies, 14 reviews
The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross (1979) 1,271 copies, 5 reviews
The Poems of St. John of the Cross (1972) 883 copies, 18 reviews
The Ascent of Mount Carmel (1958) 516 copies, 3 reviews
John of the Cross: Selected Writings (1987) 319 copies, 2 reviews
Spiritual Canticle (1975) 256 copies, 5 reviews
The Living Flame of Love (1971) 253 copies, 3 reviews
Counsels of Light and Love (1977) 55 copies
Elizabeth of the Trinity (2016) 24 copies
Obras escogidas (1984) 24 copies
Mystieke werken (1980) 16 copies
Opere (1998) 16 copies
Poesías completas y otras páginas (1974) 14 copies, 1 review
Llama de amor viva (1999) 7 copies, 1 review
Obra completa, 2 (2015) 4 copies, 1 review
Selected Writings (1987) 4 copies
Noite Obscura, A (1899) 3 copies
Fiamma d'amor viva (1998) 3 copies
La notte oscura (1995) 3 copies
Noche Oscura (Logos) (2003) 3 copies
Escritos breves (1996) 2 copies
Gotteserfahrung (1996) 2 copies
Obras Misticas (1998) 2 copies, 1 review
OPERE (2012) 2 copies
Dark Night of the Soul — Author — 2 copies
Il genio femminile (1999) 2 copies
Poesía y prosa (1982) 2 copies
Páginas escogidas (1940) 2 copies
Les mots d'ordre (1989) — Author — 2 copies
Ouvres spirituelles (1947) 1 copy
Notte oscura 1 copy, 1 review
Noc ciemna (2019) 1 copy
Piesn duchowa (2019) 1 copy
Andelig Sång B (2005) 1 copy
Breviario místico 1 copy, 1 review
Dunkle Nacht (2008) 1 copy
Opere 1 copy
Misli (2003) 1 copy
Pesmi 1 copy
Poesie 1 copy
Opere complete (2020) 1 copy
I mistici del nord (1981) 1 copy
San Gabriel de la Dolorosa (1973) 1 copy, 1 review
Poesias completas (1984) 1 copy
Dark Night 1 copy
poesies completes (1988) 1 copy
The Complete Works III (1947) 1 copy
Obras. (1968) 1 copy
Vivo sin vivir en mí (2014) 1 copy
Oeuvres complètes (1992) 1 copy
Obra completa (2015) 1 copy
Antología 1 copy
Noche oscura (2007) 1 copy
Lírica 1 copy
COMO TENDRE YO ORACION (1979) 1 copy

Associated Works

Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West (Compass) (2002) — Contributor — 472 copies, 7 reviews
World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Contributor — 460 copies, 1 review
Ten Poems to Change Your Life (2001) — Contributor — 365 copies, 5 reviews
Poesia Lirica Del Siglo de Oro (1979) — Contributor — 94 copies
The Golden Age: Poems of the Spanish Renaissance (2006) — Contributor — 91 copies
Witness of the Saints: Patristic Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours (2012) — Contributor — 24 copies, 1 review
Sulfur 3 — Contributor — 2 copies
In Spain with St. John of the Cross [video recording, streaming] (1993) — Named Person — 1 copy, 1 review

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Common Knowledge

Legal name
Yepes y Álvarez, Juan de
Other names
San Juan de la Cruz
Iohannes a Cruce
Juan de la Cruz, Santo
Birthdate
1542-06-24
Date of death
1591-12-14
Burial location
Convento de San José, Segovia, Spain
Gender
male
Nationality
Spain
Birthplace
Fontiveros, Ávila, Crown of Castile
Place of death
Úbeda, Kingdom of Jaén, Crown of Castile
Cause of death
erysipelas
Places of residence
Medina del Campo, Spain
Toledo, Spain
Salamanca, Spain
Education
University of Salamanca (Philosophy)
Colegio de San Andrés
Occupations
monk
Carmelite Priest (ordained 1567)
mystic
poet
Relationships
Teresa of Ávila (mentor)
Organizations
Order of the Discalced Carmelites (founder with Teresa of Ávila)
Roman Catholic Church
Awards and honors
Beatified (1675)
Canonized (1726)
Doctor of the Church (1926)
Short biography
Saint John of the Cross, O.C.D. (Spanish: San Juan de la Cruz; 1542– 14 December 1591), was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish mystic, a Roman Catholic saint, a Carmelite friar and a priest who was born at Fontiveros, Old Castile.
Disambiguation notice
Please don't confuse with Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (c. 1650 - 1695), who was a Mexican nun

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This is a small pamphlet containing quotes from previously published editions of St, John of the Cross' works.
 
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CarmelKilmacud | Nov 8, 2022 |
"dark night" is obvi a gorgeous masterpiece (albeit one i have some misgivings w)

but FUCK this is one of the worst publications i have seen of ANY book

the typesetting, the printing, the editing, and the design r ALL atrocious in their own way separately, but together they create a new subtle flavor of bewildering, annoying, confusing, and unhelpful arrangements on each page
 
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