The Cloud of Unknowing: A New Translation of the Classic 14th-Century Guide to the Spiritual Experience

In fourteenth-century England an anonymous monk wrote an extraordinary text illuminating the life of contemplative devotion and the drama of the soul s union with God. Precariously heretical in its day, it became a classic of Christian mystical thought.

Dr. Ira Progoff s brilliant new translation and commentary illustrate The Cloud of Unknowing s ongoing relevance. Dr. Progoff reveals a bridge spanning the perilous abyss between modern psychology s self-conscious analytic thought and the pressing spiritual needs of modern man.

Praise for Ira Progoff s The Cloud of Unknowing

One of the classic guides to spiritual experience revealing the dynamics of the inner life. The Washington Post

[Dr. Progoff s] translation makes a psychological genius come alive. Harry A. Overstreet

Astonishingly modern and timely . . . This fourteenth-century mystic speaks to us with a message that is as vital today as it was then. New York Post

Translated from archaic to modern English with lucidity and fine comprehension . . . a delightful surprise. The Dayton Journal Herald