Ascent of Mount Carmel

St. John of the Cross
Ascent of Mount Carmel

Book the First

Wherein is described the nature of dark night and how necessary it is to pass through it to Divine union; and in particular this book describes the dark night of sense, and desire, and the evils which these work in the soul. The Codices give neither title nor sub-title: both were inserted in e.p. [Desire is to be taken as the direct object of describes; these refers to sense and desire, not to the dark night.]