San Juan de la Cruz John of the Cross

Noche Oscura del Alma

Mystical poem on the soul's dark night of spiritual purification

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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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