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| Painting by Ian Fisher (ianfisherart.com) |
It has been wonderful to revisit this book recently, which I was first introduced to on a course led by John-Francis Friendship at the London Centre for Spiritual Direction,– an excellent venue for engaging with every aspect of Christian Spirituality with regular events and seminars and well worth looking up. The beautiful paintings throughout this post are by Ian Fisher.
There’s a reason why nearly seven hundred years after it was first written, The Cloud is still considered a spiritual “classic” and each time a modern translation is released, can still be found on the best-sellers list. The author – anonymous by design - describes an innately complex subject (the unknowability of God) using simple language and images, the like of which you could imagine adorning the best and most engaging modern-day power-point presentation or You-Tube tutorial video!
