The Dark Night of the Soul by St. John Of The… | Poetry Foundation
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The Dark Night of the Soul by St. John Of The… | Poetry Foundation
For guidance, I turned to a poem called “Dark Night of the Soul” by a sixteenth-century mystic, St. John of the Cross.
Mary Morrissey • Brave Thinking: The Art and Science of Creating a Life You Love
🃏 Card 5: “What Remains”
Keywords: Emptiness, spiritual debris, echo
Fool Aspect: The Fool walks alone now—no dog, no bag, no sun
Summary: As Joan lists what is left—rooms, photos, a rosary—she begins to realize even these cannot anchor her. This is the Fool stripped of symbols, wandering without ritual.
Pull quote: “You are not the person you were.”
Sooner or later, there is nothing left to do but give up. And that is precisely the point, the purpose of the “dizzy spirit.” In each relinquishment, the person’s faculties are further emptied and sensitized and, more important, reliance upon God is deepened. John says God sends this “abominable spirit” not for the soul’s downfall, but to help
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