Loreena McKennit is first English language musician I've listened to when I was 12-13 years old from the cassettes my brother copied from somewhere. I used to come back from the evening school, hoped to find a standing place in the fully packed regional bus, then I'd stand next to the window, looking the dark, wet and cold winter, and the traffic jam.. But time was passing as I pictured all the mystic Celtic places and highlands while listening to her from my Walkman for 2 hours :) She has a fan community in Turkey!
"The Mystic's Dream" COMPLETE LYRICS…. A clouded dream on an earthly night Hangs upon the crescent moon A voiceless song in an ageless light Sings at the coming dawn… Birds in flight are calling there Where the heart…. moves the stones There that my heart is longing for... Longing for the love of you... A painting hangs on an ivy wall Nestled in the emerald moss The eyes declare a truce of trust Then it draws me far away… Deep in the desert twilight Sand melts… in pools of the sky... Darkness lays her crimson cloak Your lamps will call, call me home… So it's there my homage due Clutched by the still of the night Now I feel; feel you move And every breath; breath is full… So it's there my homage due Clutched by the still of the night Even the distance feels so near... All for, for the love of you. A clouded dream on an earthly night Hangs upon the crescent moon A voiceless song in an ageless light Sings at the coming dawn Birds in flight are calling there Where the heart…. moves the stones There that my heart is longing for... Longing for, for the love of you...
What a beautiful voice! Magical, earthy, sensual, ethereal.... Perfect resonance and strength in holding each note.....melodic is redefined by this amazing vocal talent. She is a treasure.
Ta cudowna tajemniczna, wciągająca i pociągająca piosenka siedziała w mojej głowie od obejrzenia w 2000r. filmu "Jade" z rewelacyjnymi rolami Davida Caruso, Lindy Fiorentino i Chazza Palminteri👌. Sceny z tego filmu + ścieżka dźwiękowa z wykorzystaniem " The Mystic's Dream " mistrzostwo👍🙂
the movie "jade" 1995 brought me her. after i finished the movie i heard this song and searched then found it. very awesome music and lyrics together. when i listened to this song i feel so different and like being somewhere else in ancient, peaceful lovely place
A clouded dream on an earthly night Hangs upon the crescent moon A voiceless song in an ageless light Sings at the coming dawn Birds in flight are calling there where the heart moves the stones there that my heart is longing for All for, for the love of you A painting hangs on an ivy wall Nestled in the emerald moss The eyes declare a truce of trust then it draws me far away deep in the desert twilight Sand melts in pools of the sky darkness lays her crimson cloak lamps will call, call me home And so it's there my homage's due Clutched by the still of the night now I feel, feel you move And every breath, breath is full So it's there my homage's due Clutched by the still of the night Even the distance feels so near All for, for the love of you A clouded dream on an earthly night Hangs upon the crescent moon A voiceless song in an ageless light Sings at the coming dawn Birds in flight are calling there Where the heart moves the stones there that my heart is longing for All for, for the love of you
Hearing this music and Lauren's voice evokes a hidden nostalgia for my memories and a distant past. I see the ziggurat of Ur, where the beginnings of humanity are, and Ishtar in her temple, dancing and praying
(((:✿⊱╮..𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗼𝘂..¸.•*´¨ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ✿⊱╮:))) By the stars the sun and the moon.. my Lord resides Lights no eyes can see.. the hearts trembling tears of rivers flow.. a sign that's all natural and free.. By the mountains, the valleys and the lakes.. my heart's longing for a peaceful place.. where angels dwell singing birds.. songs of olives and flowers bloom.. in the land between the two rivers.. All for the love of You.. By the daylights, the skies and the seas.. my Lord resides Life for all to see.. the hearts feeling love of rivers free.. a sign for all to be in unity and peace.. By the night, the moon and the moonlight.. my heart longing for a peaceful lake... to be still with yourself and the universe.. where doors wide opened.. truth revealed.. to experience the creations of His beauty.. All to Be in loving peace with You.. By the birds, the ants and all the animals.. and by the trees, the flowers and all its fruits.. my Lord resides Love for all to feel.. the hearts seeing truth of rivers glow.. a sign of all in perfect symmetry and harmony.. By the lights, the earth and the waters.. say it.. that the Lord is One.. that there's no God but Only Allah.. the Most Pure and the Most High.. with His Mercy, His Peace and His Blessings.. All for the highest praises of You.. The Truth will Prevail.. Insha'Allah Ameen..
Yearning for the love of who lovely voice ? the " Heart" who moves the stones in which way. Who they drop their clothes , their veils which shroud the hidden from new mans eyes and melt before him in eternal revelation ??? 444 Howlovely
🌿🌷*•:¨´*•☆𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗲𝗻..☆•*´¨🌹*•.. By the first light at dawn.. time passes by mere mortals.. a quantum leap by the eons.. like a drop of rain from the cloudy sky.. immersed into the deepest ocean.. or a grain of sand on the earthly beach.. another fallen leaf on the dense jungle floor.. just a mere dust in the blowing wind.. of the vast empty desert.. nobody and nothing.. not even a significant self.. By the last light at dusk.. beyond light years of space.. mysterious yet purposeful.. for men are created divine beings.. to feel and experience the self.. the Love the Light and the Beauty.. to Be one with the creations.. to be one with the Creator.. The One and Only Allah.. Ameen..
I have a question. Does this song relate to the love story of someone led away by Hecate or an ancient demon but someone led away by darkness? > sounds a bit pagan. But it is of the desert or others. Someone can confirm some historical accuracy between that of the history of a hidden Christ representing the dawn and that of the hidden sand...? For example.... or is it the desert where one falls to that of the regions beyond the earth? It represents a spiritual unbalance compared to that of vibes. As it is a wiccan song to uncertainty. I believe some people were ancient in their days or the old musicians hid their history and others find the connections. -----> Clouded Dream, = represents a darkness on an earthly night. ------> Hangs upon a crescent moon. > The symbolism or time of night or the symbol representing the figure. ------> A voiceless song in an ageless light ------> Representing the silence in the purity or eternal light, a song of someone silenced with wicked or voice within. -------> Sings at the coming dawn represents the coming of that light. --------> Birds in flight are calling here where the heart moves the stones ------> that of birds to the location where the heart influences others to that of moves the stones or feelings within a hardened heart. ---------> The longing of love. The painting is unknown with the location of the ivy moss, (this would give more meaning or an answer to the riddle of what is associated rather than a commentary) - What was the painting will give more information to insight into the issue. A wolf's eyes declares the truce or that of glaring eyes of the figure's tools to that of the figure, or such, to that of a creature, then it draws the victim or person away. ----------> Whatever is it that drives that heart, is in the distance far as one searches for the love and what drives one near or closer to the repentance of love is that of the desert. That darkness that drove one away to go towards the darkness, this be the opposite of the desert. -------> Darkness lays her crimson cloak. > The her representing an ancient evil or one to three in a cloak ----> possession of darkness to the triple witch or those whose heart succumbs to darkness. -------->Whosoever longs for the darkness, will surely find it. But then again, the darkness sought its way to seek in an ageless light. The light does not fade in the darkness or the light. But I sometimes wonder, will this one who had truth, find their love? The world does not know some, nor do I.
I like your interpretation but if you look close, it tells a story of someone who’s experiencing a spiritual awakening, Clouded dream on earthly night “ pre awakening “ Voiceless song “ wisdom “ sings of a calling dawn “ what’s to come “ Painting on ivy wall, ivy meaning aged, dated. Eyes declare a truce of trust, she’s pulled away by her true love by the dream. Sand melts in pools of the sky, the illusion of salvation melts. Darkness sets in, but the light of her love calls her back. Homage due, meaning what she must do. Stillness meaning being present, or meditative state. I could go on but that’s just my view.
esta música me deprime, si me la pusiera para meditar creo que me dormiría sorry, Por qué todo lo que tiene que ver con lo espiritual tiene que tener estas músicas mortuorias????? en donde esta la alegría???
Porque tu ser y mente va más a la superficialidad, que a lo espiritual, tu mente solo acepta cosas obvias y claras, no quiere, ni le da curiosidad ver más profunda ni entrar a cosas más allá de una simple imagen superficial
Esta música la comprendes después de tener una noche oscura del alma. Mientras.. seguí disfrutando la alegría, porque luego de que la noche llega, jamás encontrás la alegría en las mismas cosas.
Is this moongod worship and love for satan? Hmmm someone please enlighten me. (Beautiful sound but everything of the world is tainted with deeper meaning and I'm curious if anyone here has researched each representation of the symbols behind the lyrics. To spare me some effort. I have a perception at first observation. I'll do it if no one else can break down the hidden meaning of symbols (words). ) If you've thought critically on this. - muchrespect2u if you can enlighten me to the deeper hidden meanings of the lyrics. Nothing is as it seems only. Thanks in advance.
carpejkdiem "I have a perception at first observation. I'll do it if no one else can break down the hidden meaning of symbols (words). " Ok, let's hear it :-)
+carpejkdiem It was written by a Christian Mystic, St. John of the Cross. Dark Night of the Soul (Spanish: La noche oscura del alma) is the title of a poem written by 16th-century Spanish poet and Roman Catholic mystic Saint John of the Cross, and of a treatise he wrote later, commenting on the poem. Saint John of the Cross' poem narrates the journey of the soul from its bodily home to its union with God. The journey is called "The Dark Night", because darkness represents the hardships and difficulties the soul meets in detachment from the world and reaching the light of the union with the Creator. There are several steps in this night, which are related in successive stanzas. The main idea of the poem can be seen as the painful experience that people endure as they seek to grow in spiritual maturity and union with God. The poem is divided into two books that reflect the two phases of the dark night. The first is a purification of the senses. The second and more intense of the two stages is that of the purification of the spirit, which is the less common of the two. Dark Night of the Soul further describes the ten steps on the ladder of mystical love, previously described by Saint Thomas Aquinas and in part by Aristotle. The text was written in 1578 or 1579, while John of the Cross was imprisoned by his Carmelite brothers, who opposed his reformations to the Order.
Beth Boyle Thank you for your time and effort. I haven't broke this down yet but when you share ● Mystic ● Catholic I think my senses were on the right track in that first run through. - Blessings2u
Loreena McKennit is first English language musician I've listened to when I was 12-13 years old from the cassettes my brother copied from somewhere. I used to come back from the evening school, hoped to find a standing place in the fully packed regional bus, then I'd stand next to the window, looking the dark, wet and cold winter, and the traffic jam.. But time was passing as I pictured all the mystic Celtic places and highlands while listening to her from my Walkman for 2 hours :) She has a fan community in Turkey!
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Love your story
Hope you are still jamming out to her! She is one of the few artists that have helped keep me sane with all the shit going on in the world, right now!
That's amazing thank you for telling
She is amazing isn't she? Her voice touches my soul! Thank you for sharing your story. Love light and blessings ❤❤❤
We just don't get music like this anymore.
"The Mystic's Dream" COMPLETE LYRICS….
A clouded dream on an earthly night
Hangs upon the crescent moon
A voiceless song in an ageless light
Sings at the coming dawn…
Birds in flight are calling there
Where the heart…. moves the stones
There that my heart is longing for...
Longing for the love of you...
A painting hangs on an ivy wall
Nestled in the emerald moss
The eyes declare a truce of trust
Then it draws me far away…
Deep in the desert twilight
Sand melts… in pools of the sky...
Darkness lays her crimson cloak
Your lamps will call, call me home…
So it's there my homage due
Clutched by the still of the night
Now I feel; feel you move
And every breath; breath is full…
So it's there my homage due
Clutched by the still of the night
Even the distance feels so near...
All for, for the love of you.
A clouded dream on an earthly night
Hangs upon the crescent moon
A voiceless song in an ageless light
Sings at the coming dawn
Birds in flight are calling there
Where the heart…. moves the stones
There that my heart is longing for...
Longing for, for the love of you...
Takk for det!
I wonder why someone would take the time to write the lyrics.
👌👌👌👍👍👍👏👏👏 frm India
@@rockstar2587 do i know you?
@@botzees D is ET....i love you et baby
I have been humming a part of this song for years and finally flipping found it! I am so happy right now!
the most ethereal wonderous music i have ever experienced
I love to dance to this music. It's so sexy and mystical. The Arabic mix is great. It's from another time.
Beautiful song . It's gladdening to know that someone still remembers queen Scotia .
Wow..the Arabic texture is so mystical
Nectar of the gods...a stirring of soul
I listened Loreena for the first time when I attended English Language at Istanbul University.Splendid music as well as tune
Heart melting words, great voice and awesome music.. what an outstanding performance.
shahram shahreza what kind of music is this?
It's a fusion of Celtic and Middle Eastern, though in this one the Middle Eastern influences are especially strong.
What a beautiful voice! Magical, earthy, sensual, ethereal....
Perfect resonance and strength in holding each note.....melodic is redefined by this amazing vocal talent. She is a treasure.
Just WOW !!!! amazing voice of Loreena MCKennit ...
Ta cudowna tajemniczna, wciągająca i pociągająca piosenka siedziała w mojej głowie od obejrzenia w 2000r. filmu "Jade" z rewelacyjnymi rolami Davida Caruso, Lindy Fiorentino i Chazza Palminteri👌. Sceny z tego filmu + ścieżka dźwiękowa z wykorzystaniem
" The Mystic's Dream " mistrzostwo👍🙂
the movie "jade" 1995 brought me her. after i finished the movie i heard this song and searched then found it. very awesome music and lyrics together. when i listened to this song i feel so different and like being somewhere else in ancient, peaceful lovely place
Same here ..
@@ginagiambra9637 And same here.
Absolutely haunting and beautiful
A clouded dream on an earthly night
Hangs upon the crescent moon
A voiceless song in an ageless light
Sings at the coming dawn
Birds in flight are calling there
where the heart moves the stones
there that my heart is longing for
All for, for the love of you
A painting hangs on an ivy wall
Nestled in the emerald moss
The eyes declare a truce of trust
then it draws me far away
deep in the desert twilight
Sand melts in pools of the sky
darkness lays her crimson cloak
lamps will call, call me home
And so it's there my homage's due
Clutched by the still of the night
now I feel, feel you move
And every breath, breath is full
So it's there my homage's due
Clutched by the still of the night
Even the distance feels so near
All for, for the love of you
A clouded dream on an earthly night
Hangs upon the crescent moon
A voiceless song in an ageless light
Sings at the coming dawn
Birds in flight are calling there
Where the heart moves the stones
there that my heart is longing for
All for, for the love of you
Hearing this music and Lauren's voice evokes a hidden nostalgia for my memories and a distant past. I see the ziggurat of Ur, where the beginnings of humanity are, and Ishtar in her temple, dancing and praying
Loreena is her name!
@@redparrot53 i know honey . Im not talking about her .
I love this music
This song still gives me goosebumps
Now I know what it feels like if your heart is turning into gold and melting afterwards
I’ve loved this song from the moment I saw the movie so long ago❤️❤️
absolutely beautiful
I discovered this song from the movie Mists of Avalon. :)
Masterpiece
Que música tan bella de ensueño y magia maravillosa. Gracias la disfruto mucho 🙏💙💜💗💕💛Lorena mujer con voz del alma💞
*A nice mix of Middle Eastern and Western European music. You could be in Cairo or in Ireland's countryside.*
Takes me to another world and life.
Amazing song in my opinion Makes me want to dance under The Full Moon LoL
And ass naked to boot, in my case!
me too
THIS REMINDS ME OF MIDDLE EARTH...
The choir reminds me of Byzantine - Greek Orthodox chants
Thks Mark for the lyrics 💋
This song is like a requim to the Mother Goddess to me! )O(
Blessed Be!
I’ve loved her music for years. Listen to her Lady of Shalott and The Highwayman.
Loreena McKennitt looks like my manager at work. Whenever i see her i think of Loreena McKennitt. Just how it is.
MAGICAL
Incredible voice
Ethereal!! Soul stirring...
This song puts me to sleep. (In a way that puts my mind at ease! )
"Jade" 1995 brought me here
Performers who call themselves "artists" would cry hearing this masterpiece after their middling crap.
The actual lyrics start at 3:02 for anyone who wants to skip all the "AAhAAAaaaaaAAAAAaaaaah" stuff and get to the song.
I prefer the chants over lyrics honestly...
This is an underrated service
This song is featured in the movie jade. Thats where i heard it for the first time.
(((:✿⊱╮..𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗼𝘂..¸.•*´¨ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ✿⊱╮:)))
By the stars the sun and the moon..
my Lord resides Lights no eyes can see..
the hearts trembling tears of rivers flow..
a sign that's all natural and free..
By the mountains, the valleys and the lakes..
my heart's longing for a peaceful place..
where angels dwell singing birds..
songs of olives and flowers bloom..
in the land between the two rivers..
All for the love of You..
By the daylights, the skies and the seas..
my Lord resides Life for all to see..
the hearts feeling love of rivers free..
a sign for all to be in unity and peace..
By the night, the moon and the moonlight..
my heart longing for a peaceful lake...
to be still with yourself and the universe..
where doors wide opened.. truth revealed..
to experience the creations of His beauty..
All to Be in loving peace with You..
By the birds, the ants and all the animals..
and by the trees, the flowers and all its fruits..
my Lord resides Love for all to feel..
the hearts seeing truth of rivers glow..
a sign of all in perfect symmetry and harmony..
By the lights, the earth and the waters..
say it.. that the Lord is One..
that there's no God but Only Allah..
the Most Pure and the Most High..
with His Mercy, His Peace and His Blessings..
All for the highest praises of You..
The Truth will Prevail.. Insha'Allah Ameen..
Jade with David Caruso and chazz palminteri brought me here.
A random Turkish video on M/Y Savarona brought me here
5:49
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ... ♥
DEREK BROES
Just heard this song recently and am wondering if this was in a movie? It reminds me of something but I just can't figure it out.
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Two movies i know are Jade and The Mists of Avalon. One of the Highlander sequels has loreena mckennit music (not this song though)
@@scottmune4484
Thanks! I've been trying to figure out where I've heard this before and I just can't seem to pinpoint how I know this song lol.
My ET guide sent me this. Song in a video called atlantean nights...He's magical ...he's an ET!💜💜💜
Perfect voor mijn begrafenis ooit he
zal zeker mooi zijn, daarna een lekkere Guiness drinken en Caladonia spelen in de kroeg:''
I don't want to be rude, but this language reads like someone imitating English.
hey at 5:27 there IS NO LYRICS but she is singing
Yeah sorry about that, but the lyrics are the same as in the first strophe :)
oh okay i did not! mean it in a bad way i mean i am only 11 1/2 years old :)
Jessica Price haha yeah it's fine :)
Shinku The5thRozenMaiden Wicca
I'm here from an art bell re run
Yearning for the love of who lovely voice ? the " Heart" who moves the stones in which way. Who they drop their clothes , their veils which shroud the hidden from new mans eyes and melt before him in eternal revelation
???
444
Howlovely
🌿🌷*•:¨´*•☆𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗲𝗻..☆•*´¨🌹*•..
By the first light at dawn..
time passes by mere mortals..
a quantum leap by the eons..
like a drop of rain from the cloudy sky..
immersed into the deepest ocean..
or a grain of sand on the earthly beach..
another fallen leaf on the dense jungle floor..
just a mere dust in the blowing wind..
of the vast empty desert..
nobody and nothing..
not even a significant self..
By the last light at dusk..
beyond light years of space..
mysterious yet purposeful..
for men are created divine beings..
to feel and experience the self..
the Love the Light and the Beauty..
to Be one with the creations..
to be one with the Creator..
The One and Only Allah.. Ameen..
Perfect for my funaral one day, so beaytyfull
Wow I think the same about this song
oh
What is the low, rising, even growling instrument in this song?
Who is the lady in the picture?
The singer, Loreena McKennitt.
Loreena is so beautiful!
بحبك لورينا
Sublime huh??
They don't write lyrics like this anymore
SF debris
I have a question. Does this song relate to the love story of someone led away by Hecate or an ancient demon but someone led away by darkness? > sounds a bit pagan. But it is of the desert or others. Someone can confirm some historical accuracy between that of the history of a hidden Christ representing the dawn and that of the hidden sand...? For example.... or is it the desert where one falls to that of the regions beyond the earth? It represents a spiritual unbalance compared to that of vibes. As it is a wiccan song to uncertainty. I believe some people were ancient in their days or the old musicians hid their history and others find the connections.
-----> Clouded Dream, = represents a darkness on an earthly night.
------> Hangs upon a crescent moon. > The symbolism or time of night or the symbol representing the figure.
------> A voiceless song in an ageless light ------> Representing the silence in the purity or eternal light, a song of someone silenced with wicked or voice within.
-------> Sings at the coming dawn represents the coming of that light.
--------> Birds in flight are calling here where the heart moves the stones ------> that of birds to the location where the heart influences others to that of moves the stones or feelings within a hardened heart.
---------> The longing of love.
The painting is unknown with the location of the ivy moss, (this would give more meaning or an answer to the riddle of what is associated rather than a commentary) - What was the painting will give more information to insight into the issue.
A wolf's eyes declares the truce or that of glaring eyes of the figure's tools to that of the figure, or such, to that of a creature, then it draws the victim or person away.
----------> Whatever is it that drives that heart, is in the distance far as one searches for the love and what drives one near or closer to the repentance of love is that of the desert. That darkness that drove one away to go towards the darkness, this be the opposite of the desert.
-------> Darkness lays her crimson cloak. > The her representing an ancient evil or one to three in a cloak ----> possession of darkness to the triple witch or those whose heart succumbs to darkness.
-------->Whosoever longs for the darkness, will surely find it. But then again, the darkness sought its way to seek in an ageless light. The light does not fade in the darkness or the light. But I sometimes wonder, will this one who had truth, find their love?
The world does not know some, nor do I.
I like your interpretation but if you look close, it tells a story of someone who’s experiencing a spiritual awakening,
Clouded dream on earthly night “ pre awakening “
Voiceless song “ wisdom “ sings of a calling dawn “ what’s to come “
Painting on ivy wall, ivy meaning aged, dated.
Eyes declare a truce of trust, she’s pulled away by her true love by the dream.
Sand melts in pools of the sky, the illusion of salvation melts.
Darkness sets in, but the light of her love calls her back.
Homage due, meaning what she must do.
Stillness meaning being present, or meditative state.
I could go on but that’s just my view.
A Man...
Salve boyos
saya kesini krna postingan seorang dosen
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esta música me deprime, si me la pusiera para meditar creo que me dormiría sorry, Por qué todo lo que tiene que ver con lo espiritual tiene que tener estas músicas mortuorias????? en donde esta la alegría???
A alegria deve estar sempre dentro do teu meigo coração, nunca se esqueça disso, rsrsrsrsr
Porque simplemente, tu no captas los mensajes de este tipo de música, anda este no es tu lugar y no molestes con comentarios que ni al caso.
Porque tu ser y mente va más a la superficialidad, que a lo espiritual, tu mente solo acepta cosas obvias y claras, no quiere, ni le da curiosidad ver más profunda ni entrar a cosas más allá de una simple imagen superficial
Tienes la sensibilidad de un ladrillo
Esta música la comprendes después de tener una noche oscura del alma. Mientras.. seguí disfrutando la alegría, porque luego de que la noche llega, jamás encontrás la alegría en las mismas cosas.
Is this moongod worship and love for satan? Hmmm someone please enlighten me.
(Beautiful sound but everything of the world is tainted with deeper meaning and I'm curious if anyone here has researched each representation of the symbols behind the lyrics. To spare me some effort. I have a perception at first observation. I'll do it if no one else can break down the hidden meaning of symbols (words). )
If you've thought critically on this. - muchrespect2u if you can enlighten me to the deeper hidden meanings of the lyrics. Nothing is as it seems only. Thanks in advance.
carpejkdiem "I have a perception at first observation. I'll do it if no one else can break down the hidden meaning of symbols (words). "
Ok, let's hear it :-)
+carpejkdiem It was written by a Christian Mystic, St. John of the Cross. Dark Night of the Soul (Spanish: La noche oscura del alma) is the title of a poem written by 16th-century Spanish poet and Roman Catholic mystic Saint John of the Cross, and of a treatise he wrote later, commenting on the poem. Saint John of the Cross' poem narrates the journey of the soul from its bodily home to its union with God. The journey is called "The Dark Night", because darkness represents the hardships and difficulties the soul meets in detachment from the world and reaching the light of the union with the Creator. There are several steps in this night, which are related in successive stanzas. The main idea of the poem can be seen as the painful experience that people endure as they seek to grow in spiritual maturity and union with God. The poem is divided into two books that reflect the two phases of the dark night. The first is a purification of the senses. The second and more intense of the two stages is that of the purification of the spirit, which is the less common of the two. Dark Night of the Soul further describes the ten steps on the ladder of mystical love, previously described by Saint Thomas Aquinas and in part by Aristotle. The text was written in 1578 or 1579, while John of the Cross was imprisoned by his Carmelite brothers, who opposed his reformations to the Order.
actually if you go see her on the tour she is doing now .... she explains and tells stories :-)
Beth Boyle Thank you for your time and effort. I haven't broke this down yet but when you share
● Mystic
● Catholic
I think my senses were on the right track in that first run through. - Blessings2u
Ellie Boudreaux :-) Gotcha
been listening for 10 years, still love it
Perfec music