<P> Dark Night of the Soul ( Spanish : La noche oscura del alma ) is the title given to a poem of the 16th - century , Spanish poet and Roman Catholic , Discalced Carmelite mystic , priest , and Doctor of the Church St. John of the Cross , OCD . The author did not entitle his poem , on which he wrote two book - length commentaries : The Ascent of Mount Carmel ( Subida del Monte Carmelo ) and The Dark Night ( Noche Oscura ) . </P>
<P> Dark Night of the Soul ( Spanish : La noche oscura del alma ) is the title given to a poem of the 16th - century , Spanish poet and Roman Catholic , Discalced Carmelite mystic , priest , and Doctor of the Church St. John of the Cross , OCD . The author did not entitle his poem , on which he wrote two book - length commentaries : The Ascent of Mount Carmel ( Subida del Monte Carmelo ) and The Dark Night ( Noche Oscura ) . </P>
who wrote the dark night of the soul
who wrote the dark night of the soul
St. John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross