Title: Not Your "Basic" Book
Product review: While reading any work related to "St. John Of The Cross" cannot, by definition, be considered "lite" reading, this book was completely unintelligible. The author assumes that one would have immense, intricate and all encompassing knowledge of the 15th/16th century religious and political realities that were were ever-present during the time of St. John of the Cross's life.His never ending references to subject matter unrelated to the essence of St. Johns message, created an impossible to follow reading experience that left one feeling inadequate and frustrated in trying to glean some spiritual insight from St. Johns's life.However, this book led me to purchase the book "The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross" translated by Kavanough and Rodriguez, which has been an exceptional experience in learning about the beloved St. John and his writings.
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