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The dark night of the soul

A passage through spiritual desolation where God or meaning feels utterly absent, yet which paradoxically deepens faith by stripping away consolations and attachments—moving from love of the divine to love itself. The dark night is not punishment but purification, the necessary winter before spring.

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