{"product_id":"book-17a8","title":"The Cloud of Unknowing","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrought to you by Altrusian Grace Media and human-narrated by Matthew Schmitz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Cloud of Unknowing (an anonymous 14th-century Christian mystical text often presented in modern editions with Evelyn Underhill's introduction\/editorial work) is a practical guide to contemplative prayer that teaches the seeker to move beyond discursive thinking and images in order to \"know\" God by love rather than intellect: because God is ultimately inaccessible to the mind, the contemplative accepts a \"cloud of unknowing\" between the soul and God, lets created things fade into a \"cloud of forgetting,\" and repeatedly directs the heart toward God with a simple, wordless intent-sometimes aided by a short word (like \"God\" or \"love\")-persevering through dryness and distraction with humility, patience, and focused desire until the will is gently gathered into a deeper, quieter union.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50777563889968,"sku":"BD17a8","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/17a8-Square-cover.jpg?v=1771883924","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-17a8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}