In the canon
The Cloud of Unknowing
Anonymous
- Form
- Form Religious Text
- Year
- Year 1375
- Originally in
- Originally in Middle English
- Pages
- Pages 150
Take a short word, the author advises, one syllable is best: "God" or "love". Fasten it to your heart so that it never leaves, and beat with it upon the darkness above you.
smite upon that thick cloud of unknowing with a sharp dart of longing love; and go not thence for thing that befalleth.
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