{"product_id":"dark-night-of-the-soul-9781573229746","title":"Dark Night of the Soul","description":"While imprisoned in a tiny prison cell for his attempts to reform the Church, sixteenth-century Spanish mystic John of the Cross composed many of his now classic poems of the soul's longing for God. Written on a scroll smuggled to him by one of his guards, his songs are the ultimate expression of the spiritual seeker's journey from estranged despair to blissful union with the divine\u003cp\u003eAfter escaping his captors, John fell into a state of profound ecstasy and wrote \u003cb\u003eDark Night of the Soul\u003c\/b\u003e. Later, he added an important commentary to his poem to guide other searching souls along the arduous path to communion with God. Here, for the first time, a scholar unaffiliated with the Catholic Church has translated this timeless work. Mirabai Starr, who has studied Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism, lends the seeker's sensibility to John's powerful text and brings this classic work to the twenty-first century in a brilliant and beautiful rendering\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas Moore, Ph.D., wrote the phenomenal #1 bestsellers \u003cb\u003eCare of the Soul\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSoulMates\u003c\/b\u003e as well as many other successful books. Moore was a Catholic monk for twelve years and later became a psychotherapist, earning degrees in theology, musicology, and religion. Moore now lectures extensively throughout North America.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50645605253394,"sku":"9781573229746","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_524265de-786f-4121-90d5-490cf86719bc.jpg?v=1733156193","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dark-night-of-the-soul-9781573229746","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}