Book study: Cloud of Unknowing

Editions of The Cloud of Unknowing

• A Book of Contemplation the Which is Called the Cloud of Unknowing, in the Which a Soul is Oned with God, ed. Evelyn Underhill
• The Cloud of Unknowing (with Commentary), text translated from the Middle English and commentary written by ChatGPT4 [not always reliable but often helpful!]

Handouts

1. What is Prayer?
2. Intro to the Cloud
3. What is contemplation?

Homework

• Session 1
  • Meditatively read about a chapter (or a page of a long chapter) of the Cloud each day, spending at least fifteen minutes
  • Spend at least five minutes in silent prayer, trying out what you read about