Admin Sanctum

THE DARK NIGHT

For when practice gives nothing and the light has gone. Nothing here will try to cheer you up.

Before anything is named, it must be told apart. Dryness in practice can be passive purification — or sloth, or an unaddressed compromise, or an illness. These are treated in completely different ways, and mistaking one for another does real harm. Answer without preferring the mystical reading.

The Three Signs — St John of the Cross

What Else Is True

Tell Me Plainly