If a man wishes to be sure of the road he travels on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark

Medieval portrait of the Blessed John of Ruysbroeck. Flemish mystic (1293 or 1294-1381) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Jan Van Ruysbroeck, the 14th century Augustinian and man of prayer, maintained that "God is immeasurable and incomprehensible, unattainable and unfathomable". St John of the Cross, one of the pillars of western mysticism, put it even more succinctly: "If a man wishes to be sure of the road he travels on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark."

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