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dark night of the soul

Definition of dark night of the soul

noun

  • a period of spiritual desolation suffered by a mystic in which all sense of consolation is removed.

Origin:

mid 19th century: used to translate Spanish Noche oscura, the title of a poem by the mystic St John of the Cross

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