{"product_id":"9780385281447","title":"The Cloud of Unknowing: A New Translation of the Classic 14th-Century Guide to the Spiritual Experience","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dr. Ira Progoff’s brilliant new translation and commentary illustrate \u003ci\u003eThe Cloud of Unknowing\u003c\/i\u003e’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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Ira Progoff’s \u003ci\u003eThe Cloud of Unknowing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “One of the classic guides to spiritual experience revealing the dynamics of the inner life.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[Dr. Progoff’s] translation makes a psychological genius come alive.”\u003cb\u003e—Harry A. Overstreet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Astonishingly modern and timely . . . This fourteenth-century mystic speaks to us with a message that is as vital today as it was then.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Translated from archaic to modern English with lucidity and fine comprehension . . . a delightful surprise.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Dayton Journal Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43021786218557,"sku":"9780385281447","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780385281447_p0.jpg?v=1772513081","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780385281447","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}