The dark night

Bk. 2. Ch. 3. #4. Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.

St. John of the Cross. Ascent of Mt. Carmel

Seeking God

Bk. 1. Ch. 5. #6. This perfection consists in voiding and stripping and purifying the soul of every desire. #7. God will give to the soul a new understanding of God in God, the old human understanding being cast aside – and a new love of God in God.

St. John of the Cross, Ascent of Mt. Carmel