Walking the First Steps of His Camino with John of the Cross: An Exploration of the Dark Night of Sense

Walking the First Steps of His Camino with John of the Cross: An Exploration of the Dark Night of Sense

Typescript of a lecture delivered on November 11, 2022, by Annapolis tutor Robert Druecker as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Druecker describes his lecture: "According to John a verse from one of the Psalms is saying to us: Learn to be empty of all things, both outward and inward, and you will see how I am God. Outward things are things the soul experiences through its senses, feelings, and imagination. As the soul moves into this first dark night, it actively works at releasing its hold on all particular things. Then at some point, it notices that, independently of its wishes and efforts, it is being led away from an active doing into a receptive undergoing. Its tight grip is gradually becoming a relaxed open hand. The soul is entering the passive dark night of sense. It begins to experience God as flowing into it. Correlated with this sensed inflowing is the soul’s awakening to ways in which God is manifesting his divinity in the world."

Annapolis, MD

2022-11-11

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