<P> Dark Night of the Soul ( Spanish : La noche oscura del alma ) is a poem written by the 16th - century Spanish mystic and poet St. John of the Cross . The author himself did not give any title to his poem , on which he wrote two book - length commentaries : 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 a poem written by the 16th - century Spanish mystic and poet St. John of the Cross . The author himself did not give any title to his poem , on which he wrote two book - length commentaries : Ascent of Mount Carmel ( Subida del Monte Carmelo ) and The Dark Night ( Noche Oscura ) . </P>
who coined the term dark night of the soul
who coined the term dark night of the soul
St. John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross