![]() And for this reason, that which is between you and yor God is termed, not a cloud of the air, but a cloud of unknowing. When I say a 'darkness,' I mean a privation of knowing, just as whatever you do not know, or have forgotten, is dark to you, because you cannot see it with your mind's eye. For such a darkness and such a cloud you can certainly imagine by subtle fancies, as though it were before your eyes, even om the clearest day of summer and likewise, on the darkest night of winter you may imagine a clear shining light. Michael recites The Cloud of Unknowing - put yourself to the test and see if you can memorise this poem too.Īnd think not, because I call it a darkness or a cloud, that it is any cloud condensed out of the vapours that float in the air, or yet any darkness such as in your house at night, when the candle is out. Johnston's edition is a great help in making this classic approachable and understandable. Most people who begin to read The Cloud get tripped up with the middle English words and oddities of the mystical language of the author. Today's Lines by Heart reading is brought to us by Bristol Hub Leader at The Reader, Michael Prior. Johnston's edition of The Cloud of Unknowing provides a very readable edition of this 14th century anonymous classic.
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