Libro Primero
The Threshold of the Dark Night
The author introduces the theme of the night of the senses as the subject of the following reflection.
In which the night of the senses is treated
The Song of the Soul's Departure
The soul begins its mystical journey, leaving behind the comforts of the self to seek union with the Beloved.
Song 1 On a dark night, with yearning, inflamed with love, oh happy fortune! I went out unnoticed, my house already at rest.1
Read the original Latin
En que se trata de la noche del sentido
CANCIÓN 1ª
En una noche oscura, con ansias, en amores inflamada, ¡oh dichosa ventura! , salí sin ser notada estando ya mi casa sosegada.
Notes
- 1 ↩casa sosegada is the soul's house of the powers/appetites stilled; keep 'house' rather than paraphrase as 'soul,' since the commentary will unfold the allegory.
Dark Night of the Soul companion
A daily portion of stillness
Chosen Portion delivers one short contemplative reading and a guided moment of silence each day — the ascent, one step at a time.
Chosen Portion is the paced doorway into this collection: it portions the dense mystical treatises into one daily reading plus guided silence, exactly as the 14-day plan teaches.
- Daily bite-sized excerpts from the contemplative classics, never a wall of text
- A built-in timed stillness practice that grows from 2 minutes to 10
- Gentle progression through the tradition — the app remembers where you are on the ascent