{"product_id":"the-cloud-of-unknowing-carmen-acevedo-butcher-9781590306222","title":"The Cloud of Unknowing: With the Book of Privy Counsel","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Cloud of Unknowing\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eCloud\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso included in the volume is the companion work attributed to the same anonymous author, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Privy Counsel\u003c\/i\u003e, which contains further advice for approaching God in a way that emphasizes real experience rather than human knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carmen Acevedo Butcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590306228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590306222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shambhala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 5.48w x 0.74d","brand":"Carmen Acevedo Butcher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043951735039,"sku":"9781590306222","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4694fda6-2009-42e0-bf24-8d66d888866a.jpg?v=1684970063","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cloud-of-unknowing-carmen-acevedo-butcher-9781590306222","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}