San Juan de la Cruz John of the Cross

Llama de Amor Viva

Mystical poem celebrating ecstatic divine love

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San Juan de la Cruz John of the Cross

Spanish mystic and poet whose Cantico Espiritual, Noche Oscura, and Llama de Amor Viva are among the most beautiful religious poems in any language. He was imprisoned by his own order.

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