Dark Night of the Soul
A Spanish poet who came to be known as St John of the Cross is thought to be the first person to coin the term, Dark Night of the Soul. It most generalizes, symbolically, the doubts that assail the believer in God. The word mystic however, I always sensed, had root in the mysterious or interest in the unknown, something science really failed to tolerate.
At one time earlier in this effort was singled out those who could read and write. There was only one occupation that suited this view and that was that of a priest. Before that I always assumed, the status originated in the days of the early scribes, which I feel were the earliest lawyers. Scribes, priests, and lawyers are all "go betweens".
Regardless, both the physical scientists and the mystics are engaged in the hopelessly unknown and unproven beginnings of things. The first were dealing with the seen and the other, mystics, the unseen.
The fact that they became separated is unfortunate since they each belong together instead of in a kind of pompous dark night hostility to each other. This is another consequence, see Koestler, in the striving for power I suppose. (Unedited....)
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