Last summer, I tried to write another Advent book. I’d been reading the mystical medieval work The Cloud of Unknowing -- for the first time, it was actually making some sense to me – and found myself writing notes for a book that might be something like
Your reflection really spoke to me - I also like Rohr’s name for the unnameable as “another name for everything.” Thank you for sharing your thoughts -
I so love this reflection. Count me among those who suspect that “The Cloud of Unknowing” is the perfect companion for Advent. You prompted in my mind an additional dimension. You know the critique of someone who is “absolutely certain of that which simply isn’t true.” Perhaps that describes the character and shape of the coming messiah as envisioned by the children of God. It made sense; it just happened to be wrong. They thought they “knew”, but were actually clouded with unknowing.
Your reflection really spoke to me - I also like Rohr’s name for the unnameable as “another name for everything.” Thank you for sharing your thoughts -
I so love this reflection. Count me among those who suspect that “The Cloud of Unknowing” is the perfect companion for Advent. You prompted in my mind an additional dimension. You know the critique of someone who is “absolutely certain of that which simply isn’t true.” Perhaps that describes the character and shape of the coming messiah as envisioned by the children of God. It made sense; it just happened to be wrong. They thought they “knew”, but were actually clouded with unknowing.