The Cloud of Unknowing: A New Translation Kindle Edition
by Carmen Acevedo Butcher (Author, Translator) Format: Kindle Edition
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"This classic deserves to be read by every age in its own cultural idiom. Dr. Butcher has done just that and has preserved a valuable treasure for our time. This is the book that balances our lust for knowing with the freedom of not needing to know at all!"--Richard Rohr, OFM, author of Radical Grace and Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer
"Brilliant, bold, and breathtaking. Carmen Acevedo Butcher is called to this work, and I have no doubt the anonymous author of The Cloud of Unknowing is the one calling her. I loved her sensitivity to the original Middle English, her fascinating background details, and her high level of accuracy. I am delighted that this passionate and readable new translation of the Cloud is on the planet!"--Cynthia Bourgeault, author of The Wisdom Jesus and Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
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This anonymous fourteenth-century text is the glory of English mysticism, and one of the most practical and useful guides to finding union with God ever written. Carmen Acevedo Butcher’s new translation is the first to bring the text into a modern English idiom—while remaining strictly faithful to the meaning of the original Middle English.
The Cloud of Unknowing consists of a series of letters written by a monk to his student or disciple, instructing him (or her) in the way of Divine union. Its theology is presented in a way that is remarkably easy to understand, as well as practical, providing advice on prayer and contemplation that anyone can use. Previous translations of the Cloud have tended to veil its intimate, even friendly tone under medieval-sounding language. Carmen Butcher has boldly brought the text into language as appealing to modern ears as it was to its original readers more than five hundred years ago.
Also included in the volume is the companion work attributed to the same anonymous author, The Book of Privy Counsel, which contains further advice for approaching God in a way that emphasizes real experience rather than human knowledge.
About the Author
Carmen Acevedo Butcher, PhD, is Associate Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Shorter College, Rome, Georgia, where she is also scholar-in-residence. She was a senior Fulbright lecturer at Gogan University, Seoul, Korea. She has published a number of translations of Christian mystical classics from Latin, Middle English, and other languages. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
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ASIN : B012TTACLQ
Publisher : Shambhala; 1st edition (14 April 2009)
Language : English
File size : 414 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 289 pages
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Customer Reviews: 4.7 out of 5 stars 73 ratings
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Judy Robinson
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Reviewed in Australia on 29 July 2016
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Easy to understand, great insight into what the author meant
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Dr Vikas Pandey
5.0 out of 5 stars Nonduality and contemplative prayer from the 14th century.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 January 2020
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A beautiful book from the 14th century, lovingly translated. Nonduality from the Christian tradition. Be careful, after reading this book, the questions may just stop :)
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KGD
4.0 out of 5 stars Good buy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 February 2018
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Good translation, easy to read chapters, lots of good in text references and links
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5.0 out of 5 stars fresh air
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readable, living, dynamic.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 January 2016
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Excellent Translation. Very clear teaching. I recommend it.
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Krishnaflow
5.0 out of 5 stars Non-Duality and Christian Mysticism
Reviewed in the United States on 12 October 2018
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I read "the Cloud" many years ago in the original English (Medieval England,Chaucer's time) and it was hard to follow. This translation opened the book up in a very effective way. If one can go beyond the obviously Catholic context it becomes very lear that this unknown author had encountered the non-dual state and wished to pass his experience on to his student. Contemplate God alone and on your sin....sin being all that keeps one separate from the unity consciousness, just the obstacles to awakening. Very close to Adyashanti's "True Meditation" Anyhow, it was meaningful for me to see the clarity in a Christian context. Very monastic in tone but if one can read between the lines ,an epic writing on universal truth.
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Craig Bosman
5.0 out of 5 stars Accessible & Profound
Reviewed in the United States on 30 December 2020
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As I began my foray into contemplation a little while ago I kept hearing about this book and realised that I just had to read it. But I kept putting it off because I knew it would be a huge effort due to the language. But then I found this translation and it was an absolute joy to read - understandable and profound. I'm so grateful for how people like this are making works like these accessible to people like me. Thanks!
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Sara Nelson
4.0 out of 5 stars Each short chapter is written to someone the author is ...
Reviewed in the United States on 16 August 2017
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Each short chapter is written to someone the author is mentoring. They are meant to help one understand ones self and to move on communicating with God. There is obviously church doctrine involved but still can be meaningful for those searching. It is a fairly simple read but with deeper connotations.
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Author C. Orville McLeish
5.0 out of 5 stars Profound
Reviewed in the United States on 11 December 2020
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This book opened up my eyes to something I have known to work for a long time, contemplative prayer. I believe the depth to which this book has unpacked this subject is far more profound that I anticipated. I am still trying to process it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent translation of a though and heavy text.
Reviewed in the United States on 7 October 2017
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Excellent translation of a though and heavy text.
I bought it on audible and kindle. to . be read once ever y few years.
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Froggy
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Translation
Reviewed in the United States on 10 October 2015
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The Cloud of Unknowing is one of the great works of Christian literature and spirituality. The limpid prose of this translation makes it accessible to many readers who might have been intimidated by more literal versions. Highly to be recommended.
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BigGiro20
5.0 out of 5 stars Contemplative prayer defined
Reviewed in the United States on 6 June 2018
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The modern language makes this ancient wisdom accessible to the modern student of contemplative prayer.
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DOUGLAS G BLACKBURN
5.0 out of 5 stars Great translation
Reviewed in the United States on 13 January 2019
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Makes a very difficult reading easy to understand.
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Habitformed
5.0 out of 5 stars Contemplative document for today and all days.
Reviewed in the United States on 11 July 2018
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Contemporary and accessible.This edition was quite a surprise after having tried an old classical version in past time.
Yet the scholarship is thorough and informative thanks to many footnotes. Its a warm and human treatise on contemplative prayer.
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CPXMD
5.0 out of 5 stars Great new "translation" - brings an old classic in the ...
Reviewed in the United States on 8 June 2018
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Great new "translation" - brings an old classic in the 21st century - makes it much easier to feel the punch of what the author was teaching.
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Reviewed in the United States on 6 May 2016
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Excellent translation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars good read
Reviewed in the United States on 2 October 2016
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good read
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Reviewed in the United States on 24 September 2017
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Best book I ever read.
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