Chapter 53. Of Divers Unseemly Practices : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE THREE AND FIFTIETH CHAPTER Of divers unseemly practices that follow them that lack the work of this book. MANY wonderful practices follow them that be deceived in this false work, or in any species ther, beyond th...
Chapter 33. That In This Work A Soul Is Cleansed : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE THREE AND THIRTIETH CHAPTER That in this work a soul is cleansed both of his special sins and of the pain of them, and yet how there is no perfect rest in this life. MORE devices tell I thee not at this time;...
Chapter 17. That A Very Contemplative List : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SEVENTEENTH CHAPTER That a Very contemplative list not meddle him with active life, nor of anything that is done or spoken about him, nor yet to answer to his blamers in excusing of himself. IN the gospel of Saint Luke...
Chapter 41. That In All Other Works Beneath : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE ONE AND FORTIETH CHAPTER That in all other works beneath this, men should keep discretion; but in this none. AND furthermore, if thou ask me what discretion thou shalt have in this work, then I answer thee and say...
Chapter 2. A Short Stirring To Meekness : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SECOND CHAPTER A short stirring to meekness, and to the work of this book. LOOK up now, weak wretch, and see what thou art. What art thou, and what hast thou merited, thus to be called of our Lord? What weary wretched...
Chapter 62. How A Man May Wit When His Ghostly : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE TWO AND SIXTIETH CHAPTER How a man may wit when his ghostly work is beneath him or without him, and when it is even with him or within him, and when it is above him and under his God. AND for this, that thou shalt be...
Chapter 13. What Meekness Is In Itself : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE THIRTEENTH CHAPTER What meekness is in itself, and when it is perfect and when it is imperfect. NOW let see first of the virtue of meekness; how that it is imperfect when it is caused of any other thing mingled with...
Chapter 70. That Right As : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SEVENTIETH CHAPTER That right as by the defailing of our bodily wits we begin more readily to come to knowing of ghostly things, so by the defailing of our ghostly wits we begin most readily to come to the knowledge...
Chapter 31. How A Man Should Have Him : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE ONE AND THIRTIETH CHAPTER How a man should have him in beginning of this work against all thoughts and stirrings of sin. AND from the time that thou feelest that thou hast done that in thee is, lawfully to amend thee...
Chapter 32. Of Two Ghostly Devices That Be : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE TWO AND THIRTIETH CHAPTER Of two ghostly devices that be helpful to a ghostly beginner in the work of this book. NEVERTHELESS, somewhat of this subtlety shall I tell thee as me think. Prove thou and do better, if thou...
Chapter 61. That All Bodily Thing Is Subject : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE ONE AND SIXTIETH CHAPTER That all bodily thing is subject unto ghostly thing, and is ruled thereafter by the course of nature and not contrariwise. NEVERTHELESS it is needful to lift up our eyes and our hands bodily...
Chapter 20. How Almighty God Will Goodly : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE TWENTIETH CHAPTER How Almighty God will goodly answer for all those that for the excusing of themselves list not leave their business about the love of Him. AND therefore me thinketh, that they that set them to be...
Chapter 51. That Men Should Have Great Wariness : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE ONE AND FIFTIETH CHAPTER That men should have great wariness so that they understand not bodily a thing that is meant ghostly; and specially it is good to be wary in understanding of this word "in," and of this word...
Introduction : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], p. 5 INTRODUCTION THE little family of mystical treatises which is known to students as "the Cloud of Unknowing group," deserves more attention than it has hitherto received from English lovers of mysticism: for it represents the first...
Chapter 9. That In The Time Of This Work : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE NINTH CHAPTER That in the time of this work the remembrance of the holiest Creature that ever God made letteth more than it profiteth. AND therefore the sharp stirring of thine understanding, that will always press...
Chapter 56. How They Be Deceived That Follow : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SIX AND FIFTIETH CHAPTER SOME there be, that although they be not deceived with this error as it is set here, yet for pride and curiosity of natural wit and letterly cunning leave the common doctrine and the counsel...
Chapter 42. That : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE TWO AND FORTIETH CHAPTER That by indiscretion in this, men shall keep discretion in all other things; and surely else never BUT peradventure thou askest me, how thou shalt govern thee discreetly in meat and in sleep...
Table Of The Chapters : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], p. 49 HERE BEGINNETH A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS THE FIRST CHAPTER Of four degrees of Christian men's living; and of the course of his calling that this book was made unto THE SECOND CHAPTER A short stirring to meekness, and to the work...
Chapter 10. How A Man Shall Know When His : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE TENTH CHAPTER How a man shall know when his thought is no sin; and if it be sin, when it is deadly and when it is venial. BUT it is not thus of the remembrance of any man or woman living in this life, or of any bodily...
Chapter 74. How That The Matter Of This Book : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FOUR AND SEVENTIETH CHAPTER How that the matter of this book is never more read or spoken, nor heard read or spoken, of a soul disposed thereto without feeling of a very accordance to the effect of the same work:...
Chapter 71. That Some May Not Come To Feel : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE ONE AND SEVENTIETH CHAPTER That some may not come to feel the perfection of this work but in time of ravishing, and some may have it when they will, in the common state of man's soul. SOME think this matter so hard...
Chapter 23. How God Will Answer And Purvey : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE THREE AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER How God will answer and purvey for them in spirit, that for business about His love list not answer nor purvey for themselves AND truly an we will lustily conform our love and our living...
Chapter 40. That In The Time Of This Work : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FORTIETH CHAPTER That in the time of this work a soul hath no special beholding to any vice in itself nor to any virtue in itself. DO thou, on the same manner, fill thy spirit with the ghostly bemeaning of this word...
Chapter 75. Of Some Certain Tokens : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FIVE AND SEVENTIETH CHAPTER Of some certain tokens by the which a man may prove whether he be called of God to work in this work ALL those that read or hear the matter of this book be read or spoken, and in this...
Chapter 22. Of The Wonderful Love That Christ : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE TWO AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER Of the wonderful love that Christ had to man in person of all sinners truly turned and called to the grace of contemplation. SWEET was that love betwixt our Lord and Mary. Much love had she...
Chapter 59. That A Man Shall Not Take Ensample : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE NINE AND FIFTIETH CHAPTER That a man shall not take ensample at the bodily ascension of Christ, for to strain his imagination upwards bodily in the time of prayer: and that time, place, and body, these three should be...
Chapter 65. Of The First Secondary Power : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FIVE AND SIXTIETH CHAPTER Of the first secondary power, Imagination by name; and of the works and the obedience of it unto Reason, before Sin and after. IMAGINATION is a power through the which we portray all images...
Chapter 44. How A Soul Shall Dispose It : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FOUR AND FORTIETH CHAPTER How a soul shall dispose it on its own part, for to destroy all witting and feeling of its own being. BUT now thou askest me, how thou mayest destroy this naked witting and feeling of thine...
Chapter 52. How These Young Presumptuous : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE TWO AND FIFTIETH CHAPTER How these young presumptuous disciples misunderstand this word "in," and of the deceits that follow thereon. AND on this manner is this madness wrought that I speak of. They read and hear well...
Chapter 3. How The Work Of This Book Shall : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE THIRD CHAPTER How the work of this book shall be wrought, and of the worthiness of it before all other works. LIFT up thine heart unto God with a meek stirring of love; and mean Himself, and none of His goods...
Chapter 8. That In The Time Of His Work All : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE EIGHTH CHAPTER A good declaring of certain doubts that may fall in this word treated by question, in destroying of a man's own curiosity, of cunning, and of natural wit, and in distinguishing of the degrees...
Chapter 39. How A Perfect Worker Shall Pray : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE NINE AND THIRTIETH CHAPTER How a perfect worker shall pray, and what prayer is in itself; and if a man shall pray in words, which words accord them most to the property of prayer. AND therefore it is, to pray...
Chapter 57. How These Young Presumptuous : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SEVEN AND FIFTIETH CHAPTER How these young presumptuous disciples misunderstand this other word "up"; and of the deceits that follow thereon. NO more of these at this time now: but forth of our matter, how that these...
Prologue : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], p. 45 HERE BEGINNETH THE PROLOGUE IN the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost! I charge thee and I beseech thee, with as much power and virtue as the bond of charity is sufficient to suffer, whatsoever thou be th...
Chapter 14. That Without Imperfect Meekness : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FOURTEENTH CHAPTER That without imperfect meekness coming before, it is impossible for a sinner to come to the perfect Virtue of meekness in this life. FOR although I call it imperfect meekness, yet I had liefer have...
Chapter 6. A Short Conceit Of The Work : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SIXTH CHAPTER A short conceit of the work of this book, treated by question. BUT now thou askest me and sayest, "How shall I think on Himself, and what is He?" and to this I cannot answer thee but thus: "I wot not."...
Glossary : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], GLOSSARY Beholding Regard, consideration. Boisterous Rough, violent, unskilful, crude. Clergy Learning. Con To know, or be able. Counsel Spiritual adviser or director. Doomsman Judge. Even-christian Neighbour. Fairhead Beauty. Forsobbed...
Chapter 34. That God Giveth This Grace Freely : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FOUR AND THIRTIETH CHAPTER That God giveth this grace freely without any means, and that it may not be come to with means. AND if thou askest me by what means thou shalt come to this work, I beseech Almighty God of His...
Chapter 37. Of The Special Prayers Of Them : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SEVEN AND THIRTIETH CHAPTER Of the special prayers of them that be continual workers in the word of this book AND right as the meditations of them that continually work in this grace and in this work rise suddenly...
Chapter 68. That Nowhere Bodily, Is Everywhere : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE EIGHT AND SIXTIETH CHAPTER That nowhere bodily, is everywhere ghostly; and how our outer man calleth the word of this book nought. AND on the same manner, where another man would bid thee gather thy powers and thy wits...
Title Page : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], A BOOK OF CONTEMPLATION THE WHICH IS CALLED THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING, IN THE WHICH A SOUL IS ONED WITH GOD Edited from the British Museum MS. Harl. 674 With an Introduction "BY" EVELYN UNDERHILL SECOND EDITION London JOHN M. WATKINS 21...
Chapter 49. The Substance Of All Perfecti : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE NINE AND FORTIETH CHAPTER The substance of all perfection is nought else but a good will; and how that all sounds and comfort and sweetness that may befall in this life be to it but as it were accidents. AND therefore...
Chapter 29. That A Man Should Bidingly Travail : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE NINE AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER That a man should bidingly travail in this work, and suffer the pain ther, and judge no man. AND therefore, whoso coveteth to come to cleanness that he lost for sin, and to win to th...
Chapter 36. Of The Meditations Of Them Th : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SIX AND THIRTIETH CHAPTER Of the meditations of them that continually travail in the work of this book. BUT it is not so with them that continually work in the work of this book. For their meditations be but as they...
Chapter 67. That Whoso Knoweth Not The Powers : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SEVEN AND SIXTIETH CHAPTER That whoso knoweth not the powers of a soul and the manner of her working, may lightly be deceived in understanding of ghostly words and of ghostly working; and how a soul is made a God...
Chapter 16. That : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SIXTEENTH CHAPTER That by Virtue of this work a sinner truly turned and called to contemplation cometh sooner to perfection than by any other work; and by it soonest may get of God forgiveness of sins. LOOK that no m...
Chapter 30. Who Should Blame And Condemn : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE THIRTIETH CHAPTER Who should blame and condemn other men's defaults. BUT I pray thee, of whom shall men's deeds be judged? Surely of them that have power, and cure of their souls: either given openly by the statute...
Chapter 5. That In The Time Of This Work : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FIFTH CHAPTER That in the time of this word all the creatures that ever have been, be now, or ever shall be, and all the works of those same creatures, should be hid under the cloud of forgetting. AND if ever thou...
Chapter 21. The True Exposition Of This Gospel : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE ONE AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER The true exposition of this gospel word, "Mary hath chosen the best part." WHAT meaneth this; Mary hath chosen the best? Wheresoever the best is set or named, it asketh before it these two...
Chapter 35. Of Three Means In The Which : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FIVE AND THIRTIETH CHAPTER Of three means in the which a contemplative Prentice should be occupied, in reading, thinking, and praying. NEVERTHELESS, means there be in the which a contemplative prentice should be...
Chapter 18. How That Yet Unto This Day All : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER How that yet unto this day all actives complain of contemplatives as Martha did of Mary. Of the which complaining ignorance is the cause. AND right as Martha complained then on Mary her sister, right...
Chapter 72. That A Worker In This Work Should : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE TWO AND SEVENTIETH CHAPTER That a worker in this work should not deem nor think of another worker as he feeleth in himself. LO! hereby mayest thou see that he that may not come for to see and feel the perfecti...
Chapter 24. What Charity Is In Itself : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FOUR AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER What charity is in itself, and how it is truly and perfectly contained in the work of this book. AND as it is said of meekness, how that it is truly and perfectly comprehended in this little...
Chapter 43. That All Writing And Feeling : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE THREE AND FORTIETH CHAPTER That all witting and feeling of a man's own being must needs be lost if the perfection of this word shall verily be felt in any soul in this life. LOOK that nought work in thy wit nor in thy...
Chapter 4. Of The Shortness Of This Work : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FOURTH CHAPTER Of the shortness of this word, and how it may not be come to by curiosity of wit, nor by imagination. BUT for this, that thou shalt not err in this working and ween that it be otherwise than it is, I...
Chapter 60. That The High And The Next Way : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SIXTIETH CHAPTER That the high and the next way to heaven is run by desires, and not by paces of feet. BUT now peradventure thou sayest, that how should it then be? For thee thinkest that thou hast very evidence th...
Chapter 11. That A Man Should Weigh Each : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER That a man should weigh each thought and each stirring after that it is, and always eschew recklessness in venial sin. I SAY not this for that I trow that thou, or any other such as I speak of, be...
Chapter 63. Of The Powers Of A Soul In General : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE THREE AND SIXTIETH CHAPTER Of the powers of a soul in general, and how Memory in special is a principal power, comprehending in it all the other powers and all those things in the which they work. MEMORY is such...
Chapter 27. Who Should Work In The Gracious : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SEVEN AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER Who should work in the gracious work of this book. FIRST and foremost, I will tell thee who should work in this work, and when, and by what means: and what discretion thou shalt have in it...
Chapter 46. A Good Teaching How A Man Shall : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SIX AND FORTIETH CHAPTER A good teaching how a man shall flee these deceits, and work more with a listiness of spirit, than with any boisterousness of body AND therefore for God's love be wary in this work, and str...
Chapter 26. That Without Full Special Grace : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SIX AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER That without full special grace, or long use in common grace, the work of this book is right travailous; and in this work, which is the work of the soul helped by grace, and which is the work...
Chapter 54. How That : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FOUR AND FIFTIETH CHAPTER How that by Virtue of this word a man is governed full wisely, and made full seemly as well in body as in soul. WHOSO had this work, it should govern them full seemly, as well in body...
Chapter 15. A Short Proof Against Their Err : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FIFTEENTH CHAPTER A short proof against their error that say, that there is no perfecter cause to be meeked under, than is the knowledge of a man's own wretchedness. AND trust steadfastly that there is such a perfect...
Chapter 38. How And Why That Short Prayer : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE EIGHT AND THIRTIETH CHAPTER How and why that short prayer pierceth heaven AND why pierceth it heaven, this little short prayer of one little syllable? Surely because it is prayed with a full spirit, in the height...
Chapter 66. Of The Other Secondary Power : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SIX AND SIXTIETH CHAPTER SENSUALITY is a power of our soul, recking and reigning in the bodily wits, through the which we have bodily knowing and feeling of all bodily creatures, whether they be pleasing or unpleasing...
Chapter 12. That : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE TWELFTH CHAPTER That by Virtue of this word sin is not only destroyed, but also Virtues begotten. AND, therefore, if thou wilt stand and not fall, cease never in thine intent: but beat evermore on this cloud...
Chapter 50. Which Is Chaste Love. And How : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FIFTIETH CHAPTER Which is chaste love; and how in some creatures such sensible comforts be but seldom, and in some right oft. AND hereby mayest thou see that we should direct all our beholding unto this meek stirring...
Chapter 19. A Short Excusation Of Him Th : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE NINETEENTH CHAPTER A short excusation of him that made this book teaching how all contemplatives should have all actives fully excused of their complaining words and deeds. SOME might think that I do little worship...
Chapter 55. How They Be Deceived That Follow : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FIVE AND FIFTIETH CHAPTER How they be deceived that follow the fervour of spirit in condemning of some without discretion. SOME men the fiend will deceive on this manner. Full wonderfully he will enflame their brains...
Chapter 73. How That After The Likeness : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE THREE AND SEVENTIETH CHAPTER How that after the likeness of Moses, of Bezaleel, and of Aaron meddling them about the Ark of the Testament, we profit on three manners in this grace of contemplation, for this grace is...
Chapter 48. How God Will Be Served Both With : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE EIGHT AND FORTIETH CHAPTER How God will be served both with body and with soul, and reward men in both; and how men shall know when all those sounds and sweetness that fall into the body in time of prayer be both good...
Chapter 7. How A Man Shall Have Him In This : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SEVENTH CHAPTER How a man shall have him in this work against all thoughts, and specially against all those that arise of his own curiosity, of cunning, and of natural wit. AND if any thought rise and will press...
Chapter 45. A Good Declaring Of Some Cert : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FIVE AND FORTIETH CHAPTER A good declaring of some certain deceits that may befall in this work. BUT one thing I tell thee, that in this work may a young disciple that hath not yet been well used and proved in ghostly...
Chapter 25. That In The Time Of This Work : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FIVE AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER That in the time of this work a perfect soul hath no special beholding to any one man in this life. I SAY not that in this work he shall have a special beholding to any man in this life...
Chapter 1. Of Four Degrees Of Christian Men's : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FIRST CHAPTER Of four degrees of Christian men's living; and of the course of his calling that this book was made unto. GHOSTLY friend in God, thou shalt well understand that I find, in my boisterous beholding, four...
Chapter 69. How That A Man's Affection Is : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE NINE AND SIXTIETH CHAPTER How that a man's affection is marvelously changed in ghostly feeling of this nought, when it is nowhere wrought. WONDERFULLY is a man's affection varied in ghostly feeling of this nought when...
Prayer : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], p. 41 HERE BEGINNETH A BOOK OF CONTEMPLATION, THE WHICH IS CALLED THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING, IN THE WHICH A SOUL IS ONED WITH GOD. p. 43 Here Beginneth the Prayer on the Prologue GOD, unto whom all hearts be open, and unto whom all will...
Chapter 28. That A Man Should Not Presume : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE EIGHT AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER That a man should not presume to work in this work before the time that he be lawfully cleansed in conscience of all his special deeds of sin. BUT if thou asketh me when they should work...
Chapter 47. A Slight Teaching Of This Work : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE SEVEN AND FORTIETH CHAPTER A slight teaching of this work in purity of spirit; declaring how that on one manner a soul should shed his desire unto God, and on ye contrary unto man. LOOK thou have no wonder why that I...
Chapter 64. Of The Other Two Principal Powers : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE FOUR AND SIXTIETH CHAPTER Of the other two principal powers Reason and Will; and of the work of them before sin and after. REASON is a power through the which we depart the evil from the good, the evil from the worse...
Chapter 58. That A Man Shall Not Take Ensample : * "The Cloud of Unknowing", ed. by Evelyn Underhill, [1922], HERE BEGINNETH THE EIGHT AND FIFTIETH CHAPTER That a man shall not take ensample of Saint Martin and of Saint Stephen, for to strain his imagination bodily upwards in the time of his prayer. FOR that that they say of Saint Mart...