Without veil
“We pray that we may come unto this Darkness which is beyond light, and, without seeing and without knowing, to see and to know that which is above vision and knowledge through the realization that by not-seeing and by unknowing we attain to true vision and knowledge; and thus praise, superessentially, it that issuperessential, by the transcendence of all things; even as those who, carving a statue out of marble, abstract or remove all the surrounding material that hinders the vision which the marble conceals and, by that abstraction, bring to light the hidden beauty… without veil, we may know that Unknowing which is enshrouded under all that is known and all that can be known, and that we may begin to contemplate the superessential Darkness which is hidden by all the light that is in existing things.”
- Mystical Theology, Dionysius the Areopagite
** The Missouri River at Washington, Missouri
Comment by Ann — October 9, 2009 @ 2:55 pm
Comment by gabrielle — November 4, 2009 @ 9:19 pm
I think John of the Cross was quite familiar with his words (as many of the mystics). Look here for more.
Comment by aeternus — November 5, 2009 @ 6:18 am