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The Ascent of Mount Carmel
Subida del Monte Carmelo

A commentary, soon abandoning the poem, on the 'Dark Night' as an active night: what the soul can do to empty the senses of appetites (book I) and the intellect, memory and will through faith, hope and charity (books II–III). It contains the verses 'to come to enjoy everything', the critique of visions and revelations and the claim that in Christ God has said everything.
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Authorship note
Authentic; included in all critical editions. Written between c. 1578 and 1585 in Andalusia; unfinished (it breaks off in book III). First edition: Alcalá, 1618.
Editions and translations
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English

Ascent of Mount Carmel
Dover Publications, 2008
Translation: E. Allison Peers
ISBN 9780486468372
John of the Cross
The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross
The Conscious LibraryThe Collected Works of St. John of the Cross
ICS Publications, 1991
Translation: Kieran Kavanaugh y Otilio Rodriguez
ISBN 9780935216936
Edición revisada. Contiene esta obra.
John of the Cross
The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church
The Conscious LibraryThe Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church
A. Clarke, 1974
Translation: E. Allison Peers
ISBN 0856500356
Sobre la edición crítica de Silverio de Santa Teresa (1.ª ed. 1934–1935). Contiene esta obra.

Ascent of Mount Carmel
Image Books, 1958
Translation: E. Allison Peers
ISBN 0385011113
Español

Obra completa (2 vols.)
Alianza Editorial, 1991
ISBN 8420698377
Ed. Luce López-Baralt y Eulogio Pacho. Contiene esta obra.
John of the Cross
Obras completas
The Conscious LibraryObras completas
Monte Carmelo, 1993
ISBN 8472392651
Ed. Eulogio Pacho (Maestros Espirituales Carmelitas, 3). Contiene esta obra.

Obras completas
Editorial de Espiritualidad, 2008
ISBN 9788470683459
Ed. José Vicente Rodríguez y Federico Ruiz Salvador. Contiene esta obra.
Italiano
John of the Cross
Opere di san Giovanni della Croce
The Conscious LibraryOpere di san Giovanni della Croce
UTET, 1993
ISBN 8802045941
A cargo de Pier Paolo Ottonello. Contiene esta obra.
Deutsch

Sämtliche Werke, Bd. 1: Aufstieg zum Karmel
Kösel, 2001
ISBN 9783466200528
Other works by John of the Cross
- Spiritual Canticle (poem) · 1578
- Dark Night (poem) · 1579
- Living Flame of Love (poem) · 1585
- Song of the Soul that Rejoices in Knowing God through Faith ('How well I know the fount') · 1578
- Romances on the Gospel 'In principio erat Verbum' · 1578
- Romance on the Psalm 'Super flumina Babylonis' · 1578
- Stanzas Concerning an Ecstasy Experienced in High Contemplation ('I entered into unknowing') · 1580
- Stanzas of the Soul that Suffers with Longing to See God ('I live, but not in myself') · 1580
- 'Upon a quest of love' (stanzas a lo divino) · 1580
- 'A lone young shepherd lived in pain' · 1584
- Gloss 'Without support and with support' · 1580
- Gloss 'Not for all of beauty' · 1580
- 'With the divine Word' (Christmas song) · 1585
- Summary of Perfection ('Forgetfulness of creation') · 1585
- 'My soul is detached' (attributed stanzas) · 1600
- The Dark Night · 1585
- Spiritual Canticle (redaction A) · 1584
- Spiritual Canticle (redaction B) · 1586
- The Living Flame of Love (commentary) · 1586
- Sayings of Light and Love · 1585
- The Precautions · 1580
- Counsels to a Religious on How to Reach Perfection · 1585
- Censure and Opinion on the Spirit of a Nun · 1588
- The Mount of Perfection (drawing of Mount Carmel) · 1579
- Letters · 1591
- Points of Love Gathered at Beas · 1580
- Spiritual Maxims and Sentences (later collections) · 1700
- Complete Works (collected editions) · 1618
Sources
- San Juan de la Cruz. Obras completas. Ed. José Vicente Rodríguez; introducciones y notas doctrinales de Federico Ruiz Salvador. Madrid: Editorial de Espiritualidad, 1980 (ed. revisada 2008, ISBN 9788470683459).
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