Download or read book The Dark Night of the Soul ; And, The Living Flame of Love written by Saint John of the Cross and published by Harper San Francisco. This book was released on 1995 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1564, St. John of the Cross, a Spanish mystic, was arrested and banished to a remote Andalusian monastery for his involvement in leading the Carmelite order to reform. During his captivity, he had frequent visions of God and composed many mystical poems. Two of the greatest are "The Dark Night of the Soul", which explores the pain of his felt absence of God, and "The Living Flame", a paean to the joy and peace experienced by the soul after reunion with God.