单词 | dark night of the soul |
释义 | dark night of the soulnoun A period of spiritual desolation suffered by a mystic in which all sense of consolation is removed.Yet only in the modern period has the dark night of the soul taken the form of radical doubt, doubting not only one's own state of grace, but God's promises and even God's existence....
OriginMid 19th century: used to translate Spanish Noche oscura, the title of a poem by the mystic St John of the Cross. |
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