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The Dark Night of the Soul Is Not a Crisis — It Is a Stage in the Healing Sequence

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  2. The insight — St. John of the Cross documented a specific interior process in the 16th century. Modern trauma research has mapped t...

    St. John of the Cross documented a specific interior process in the 16th century. Modern trauma research has mapped t...

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  3. The truth — The Dark Night of the Soul Is Not a Crisis — It Is a Stage in the Healing Sequence

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  4. Key takeaway — St. John of the Cross documented a specific interior process in the 16th century. Modern trauma research has mapped t...

    St. John of the Cross documented a specific interior process in the 16th century. Modern trauma research has mapped t...

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St. John of the Cross documented a specific interior process in the 16th century. Modern trauma research has mapped the same process as a stage in the healing sequence. The dark night is not a breakdown. It is the system clearing.

 

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