How Long to Read The Cloud of Unknowing

How Long Does it Take to Read The Cloud of Unknowing?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read The Cloud of Unknowing by William Johnston

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING and THE BOOK OF PRIVY COUNSELING are the first explorations in the English language of the soul’s quest for God. Written in Middle English by an unknown fourteenth-century mystic, THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING expresses with beauty a message that has inspired such great religious thinkers as St. John of the Cross and Teilhard de Chardin, as well as countless others in search of God. Offering a practical guide to the life of contemplation, the author explains that ordinary thoughts and earthly concepts must be buried beneath a “cloud of forgetting,” while our love must rise toward a God hidden in the “cloud of unknowing.” THE BOOK OF PRIVY COUNSELING, also included in this volume, is a short and moving text on the way to enlightenment through a total loss of self and a consciousness only of the divine. William Johnston, an authority on fourteenth-century mysticism and spirituality, provides an accessible discussion of the works, detailing what is known about the history of the texts and their author. In a new foreword, Huston Smith draws on his extensive knowledge of the varieties of religious experience to illuminate the relevance of these works for contemporary readers.

How long is The Cloud of Unknowing?

The Cloud of Unknowing by William Johnston is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Cloud of Unknowing Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read The Cloud of Unknowing aloud.

What Reading Level is The Cloud of Unknowing?

The Cloud of Unknowing is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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