| 单词 | dark night |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdark night dark night of the soul n. a period of spiritual desolation suffered by a mystic in which all sense of consolation is lost. Later, in extended use: a period of self-questioning. Also in elliptical use as dark night. [After Spanish la fe es noche oscura para el alma ‘faith is a dark night for the soul’, and similar statements in commentaries (c1578, a1583) by St John of the Cross on his own poetic text (c1578), which has the shorter expression noche oscura dark night. Compare quot. 1864, which translates the later version of the commentary.] ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun] > period of dark night of the soul1749 1749 Let. conc. Mr. Marsay in tr. Marquis de Marsay Disc. Subj. Spiritual Life 14 The Doctrine of obscure Faith, or (as John of the Cross calls it) the dark Night of the Soul, was hardly known then. 1864 D. Lewis tr. St. John of the Cross Wks. I. 3 The dark night, through which the soul passes, on its way to the Divine Light [Sp. esta noche oscura por la cual pasa el alma para llegar a la divina luz]. 1981 Newsweek (Nexis) 30 Mar. (Ideas section) 78 America's liberals have been preparing for a dark night of the soul—or at least a gloomy four years. 2007 M. Sluhovsky Believe not Every Spirit v. 161 In 1654 Surin awoke from his dark night. He dictated books, preached, and renewed his spiritual direction. 2018 Guardian (Nexis) 17 Dec. (Australia News section) Stone has said there were ‘some really dark nights of the soul’ before her decision to speak publicly about alleged inappropriate behaviour. < as lemmas |
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