{"product_id":"dark-night-of-the-soul","title":"Dark Night of the Soul","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe timeless work exploring the spiritual connection with God\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile imprisoned in a tiny prison cell for his attempts to reform the Church, sixteenth-century Spanish mystic John of the Cross composed many of his now classic poems of the soul's longing for God. Written on a scroll smuggled to him by one of his guards, his songs are the ultimate expression of the spiritual seeker's journey from estranged despair to blissful union with the divine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter escaping his captors, John fell into a state of profound ecstasy and wrote \u003ci\u003eDark Night of the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e. Later, he added an important commentary to his poem to guide other searching souls along the arduous path to communion with God. Mirabai Starr, a scholar unaffiliated with the Catholic Church who has studied Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism, lends the seeker's sensibility to John's powerful text and brings this classic work to the twenty-first century in a brilliant and beautiful rendering.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48838046843085,"sku":"9781573229746","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_e47f7f27-d1d1-4f6e-9885-168cd1201c08.jpg?v=1791422593","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/dark-night-of-the-soul","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}