The Dark Night of the Soul

[ownedyouraz]

3:25



[Somespatanwarrior]

@ownedyouraz yeah I came here for that too sadly

[OldKingSol]

Beautiful song, and well-chosen pictuers for the accompanying slideshow. Thanks for putting this together! :-)

[colihen]

One more "name of the painting" question: what's the name of that at 3:17 please? Megan, you did a great job - I have never seen so many artistic, really telling and deep pictures in a YT video. Respect! No need to say that I enjoyed all the rest. Beautiful combination...

[colihen]

@colihen Of course - when I ask a question I usually find the answer myself :) L. W. Hawkins, The Haloes (1894). IMPORTANT: if you're looking for the name of any painting in the video, this might help: 1) take a screenshot of the picture (crop it, create a small JPG/PNG...) 2) Go to the webpage tineye "dot" com and upload your image 3) It's highly probable that in the found matches you'll find either author or the painting or both :) Hope this helps.

[pattylibraia]

@catholicisgood Exactly.

[CoronaBorealis153]

Excellent!! Thank you!

[reliablebow]

to the sparkgirl...exquisite

[Catholicisgood]

Love is the very process of passing over, of transformation, of stepping outside the limitations of fallen humanity-in which we are all separated from one another and ultimately impenetrable to one another-into an infinite otherness. "Love to the end" is what brings about the seemingly impossible metabasis: stepping outside the limits of one's closed individuality, which is what agape is-breaking through to the divine. Jesus of Nazareth ~ Pope Benedict XVI

[JetsoverTaylorGang]

dont send a email or a text message, if u wasnt round when a nigga was stressin

[HaleRosalie1918]

Beautiful artwork and quite a lovely song

[rosslavel]

Thank you for this delicate and tender presentation...wonderful!

[zgrazi]

I have a long reading history of The Dark Night. Thanks for adding another lovely chapter!

[llirrb]

an artistic reflection of the human heart...........

can anyone tell me the names of the paintings at 1.44 and 2.08

[rodrigojoseunb]

Hi, was is the name of the paiting in 4:20? Thanks

[MitchelWeaver]

What is the painting at 1:41?

[auntiewewe2]

Very beautiful!! Love this so much! Willemina

[ricktuck1]

St John has returned to earth and is again a teacher of God.

[Jen8973]

Yes I love this slide show it shows great tenderness and inner beauty and it captures the mystics heart. I watch it over and over and I find it so spiritually uplifting, so thank you megans spark truly beautiful.

[pangelfling]

Could anyone tell me what the picture is at 2:07 - 2:15?

[brotherrog]

so beautiful. so honest. so true. Loreena McKennit explores Christian mysticism. sadly, it seems that many Christians today repress and/or deny the very idea of having dark nights of the soul, this wooshes right over their heads. (maybe if we stopped over-thinking, and allowed for a bit more contemplative mirror gazing and gut feeling)

[druidia9]

The Christian maps, the Sufi maps, the Buddhist maps of the Tibetans and the Theravada, and the maps of the Khabbalists and Hindus are all remarkably consistent in their fundamentals. (…) These maps, Buddhist or otherwise, are talking about something inherent in how our minds progress in fundamental wisdom that has little to do with any tradition and lots to do with the mysteries of the human mind and body. -- Daniel Ingram

[rodrigojoseunb]

@druidia9 May God bless this comment for the sake of Heaven (a.k.a Nirvana)

[druidia9]

@rodrigojoseunb - May it be so.

[sealforvr]

Great use of Pre-Raphaelite images. Loreen herself says it was inspired by rather than a literal translation. Moreover, it's working on about a thousand different levels. Everyone can take something from it. It was that wonderful mysticism that kept the Counter Reformation from becoming a worse bloodbath than it was.

[spamstoper3]

Hi megannsspark..Thank you for your Excellent channel and brilliant videos !!

Have a Great Day

-spamstoper3-

[teiska123]

Beautiful, etheric song. Saint John of the Cros was a great mystical poet.

[jlmood2007]

nice

[thecrew2008]

You're videos are the most beautiful my family & I have ever encountered on youtube! Thank you for these treasures. Both my Mom & I have posted both this & your Klimt video to our facebook pages for our friends to enjoy.

I would be very grateful to know the name of the painting that appears from 5:42-5:52. The profile is identical to my Mom's & we would love to buy a print for our home.

[megansspark]

ATTN visitors-- if anyone visiting knows the creator of the art in question please leave a reply. I have since purchased a new computer and have no background files on this video. Your help would be appreciated :)

[pangelfling]

@thecrew2008 Hello! The painting is called The Sphinx and the Chimera, by Louis Welden Hawkins.

[colihen]

@thecrew2008 I found it using the method I outlined in one of my comments below. It should be "Le sphinx et la chimere" by L. W. Hawkins. Greetings :)

[hartistry]

nice paintings!!! and music !!!!

[Jhananda]

Saint John of the Cross was truly one of the great mystics to come to this earth. Hos book "Dark Night of the Soul" is a relevant now as it was when it was written 5 centuries ago, and Loreena McKennitt captured his poetry in song exquisitely.

[Campana3]

I would've preferred to see more Christian images and not a woman with a halo and showing her breast for eg., ah yes, all is art of course and must sell a lot but if we are Christians, we have to have discernment unless we enjoy living in the christian relativism, the mainstream tendency. *sigh*

[Campana3]

Also, as the vid cover, you picked the same woman showing her breast and as channel background you picked the painting of St. Mary Magdalene naked, well, well...hmmm.

[marmas58ink]

great 'pics' too.

[StThereseOfLisieux]

beautiful!

may God bless!

[nitehawk57]

Cool Vid!:))*****

[darysons1]

Beautiful and deeply touching. I am truly inspired.

[Artgluto]

SUBLIM!

[loz2301]

simply beautiful.

[AfsAnehAfairytale]

This is soo beautiful Megan, thanks for your lovely comments, it's a pleasure to know you too.

Hugs, Rita

Merry Xmas!

[KAPNIZW]

It looks like to fly ...... A different world spreads out below ... a trip to the imagination.... Thank you for this trip ....:)

[meganmurphy1212]

You have always had a true talent for editing these videos and always picking just the right song to accompany the visuals. Another wonderful, relaxing almost mystical presentation. Thank you so much. This is certainly worth more than five stars.

Your friend,

~Megan

[andrzejnher4eva]

I love it!!! this is so awesome!!! :)

[shum65]

Lovely and moving song.....

5 stars *****

[ProdigalChildofGod]

This is sooo beautiful....so soothing....God Bless

[citaswan]

megansspark thank you very much!!!!!!

[citaswan]

what is the name of the painting of the

minute 0:30?

[megansspark]

Orphée ramenant Eurydice des enfers, par Jean-Baptiste Corot 1861

[citaswan]

alguien sabe como se llama la

pintura del min 0:30

por favor si alguien sabe

diganme

[CapitanFiro]

san juan de la cruz (AVILA,Spain) : ) iam from avila ... i love the letters of santa teresa de jesus too : ) recommended it

[cjthemusicman]

This is truly wonderful. I'm mesmerized. Amazing lyrics, music and artistry.

Thank you for giving us this treasure!

*****

[girasolnena]

indeed the true wisdom is hidden from the world unless one seeks for it and it shall be given on the RIGHT TIME.

[girasolnena]

this book has been one of my greatest gift from above.

[lbsa666]

es la mas hermosa cansion q he escuchado

Sebastián Mexi

[awesomepeople249]

plz try all souls night!

[valiantvyse]

I love Loreena so much. Her songs help to disillude the horrible misconception that all that is dark is evil.

Remember, the light can guide your way, but it can also blind you. The dark can shield you and keep you safe, but it can also withold the truth. There are two sides to everything.

[StThereseMartin]

Your insight, spiritual maturity and ability to convey it to us is truly edifying. God bless you.

[megansspark]

your compliment is a great one, I thank you so much :)

[btsumm]

Beautiful...

[tko360]

Never shall a love like you come in my life again. Such Love i have for You, My Heart is alive becuase of you. God, How i Love You My Flower, Forever.

[stevenstreets3]

Outstanding. there are several interpretations of this tune on youtube but this is on of the best.

[chacarronchis]

in my opinion this is one of the most inspiring self motivational songs ever written...

I like this piece of verse in particular:

And by the fortress walls

the wind would brush his hair against his brow

And with its smoothest hand

caressed my every sense it would allow

have a great day

[f7lool]

This is when source and creature unite ...

Aah its soo ecstatic ...oh night more loving than the rising sun ....

[f7lool]

Even misery is GOD in disguise ... this is very ecstatic and fills my heart with wishes ... A night when I met the rising sun ...

[Tufanjan]

Beautiful!

[darkmarkrammstein]

beautiful song, beautiful vid xxx

[digitaldoodl]

Beautiful! love your commentary about it too.

[Cinders29]

If I was forced to choose (which, thankfully, I'm not) I would have to say this is my favorite Loreena song. Many reasons. This video you have made is exquisite, capturing the tone, classical, mythical and aesthetic references. You got it! Can't wait to see some more of your work. Thank you!

[doctormarkon]

Very nice

Thanks makostas

[kyrioskoks]

Stunning! Just, stunning!

Thanks, makostas, for sharing.

[makostas123]

Just beutifull!!!

[hhhaller]

this is wonderful.now it's been a good day.

Thanks.....

[tHEnOOSEsWING]

The ballad (song) is beautifully sung and well placed with the pictures you have chosen M. There's a taunting medieval touch which draws me closer to the relationship of words, sounds and images. TY M.

[megansspark]

thanks so much :)

[BrigadierCristero]

Those lyrics we are listening, do not belong St. John of the Cross. It´s a shame to corrupt one of the most beautiful poems ever written. This singer is a thief.

[Derza24]

You are a deaf soul if you can not hear the magical words of Loreena McKennitt... It's beautiful.

[BrigadierCristero]

I´m not a deaf soul, and neither this is St. John of The Cross poem "The Darkest Night of the Soul". Loreena McKennitt owns a wonderful voice, but it is not right for anyone to change the ancient message, this man wrote inside his poems.

[Derza24]

Thank you, I was getting the wrong impression of your words. I myself have never read the words, and with this song it paints a wonderful picture in my mind. I thought she did a great job. Is it to my understanding he wrote many wonderful messages? And where might I find them? Thanks-- and sorry =(

[BrigadierCristero]

It´s always a pleasure to share different views, and still have the chance to reconcile them. Saint John of The Cross poem, Dark Night of the Soul and perhaps made by request of Saint Teresa of Avila, shows you a woman whose inflamed heart by love, guides her through the night towards her beloved. A lover is never mentioned. There is a user in YouTube, parakaleim, that shares in his collection a video named; Noche Oscura-San Juan dela Cruz , very well performed by a Spanish singer.

[jwardmagic07]

They aren't her words...They are Saint John of the Cross's.

[jvrlns]

I'm from Spain, I lived 6 years in the states, if there's anyone who really expressses the thoughts of St. John of the Cross in a song, that's Lorena MacKennith. This poem has hunted me since I was a child.

[BrigadierCristero]

If you were born in Spain, then you must read St. John of The Cross original poems written in old castille. There is no comparison between what Loreena McKennitt wrote and the original work of St. John of The Cross.

[HellenicMagic]

Thanks to Petraworld I saw this MASTERPIECE!

5 stars!

[Petraworld]

Beautiful, Meg...

[Caecarulf]

Wonderful video...wonderful music!

Ulf Sawert. Sweden

[Ziziline]

In Silence.

Angeline

[harleynanda]

I have always loved this piece, and you have done a marvelous work of providing the imagery to it. Thank you so much for posting.

[CupidbiquO]

this video really touches me

peace out

[xxxSunbeamxxx]

Oh - this was just beautiful - music, images. Wonderfully put together. Thank you! Sunbeam :)

[megansspark]

thank you for liking it! :)

[userfixit]

Just Perfect and Thank You.

-Basement Bob

[nebrulla]

Wonderful song, beautiful video!!! Thanks dear megan! ♥♥♥

[megansspark]

many thanks, and your vid response immediately enters my favs. Wulfing is a fav of mine too. :)

[bonnieg154]

Beautiful and moving.

[zprj]

Wao!Congratulations, I love it a lot!This poem of San Juan de la Cruz is one of my favourites, it lyric is so expressive and mistic. And also Lorena Mac Kennit is one of the best singers nowadays. Thanks for this special gift!

[megansspark]

thanks for your kindness :)

[megansspark]

thanks for watching :)

[fuzzbear6240]

Megan, Very moving. Thank you for sharing this. YF, J.

[megansspark]

many thanks :)

[Tahllulah]

Breathtaking..

[YaYaJuke]

loved this video and the comentary you added at the side.... you are going to educate me yet!

brovo... from YaYa

[megansspark]

thanks so much, :)

[deiktes]

Very beautiful...

[megansspark]

thanks for watching :)

[chall6666]

EXCELLENT

[megansspark]

thanks so much

[nitehawk57]

Really nice video, the music is so relaxing and peaceful, cool pictures to go with the story behind it all too. 5*****'s & adding to my favorites:)

[megansspark]

thanks, its an honor to be fav'd :)

[tHEnOOSEsWINGS]

There is need for nothing else when words and meaning exist for sanctuary

"....I lost myself to him

and laid my face upon my lovers breast

And care and grief grew dim

as in the mornings mist became the light

There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair

There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair

There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair"

Beautiful ballad, beautiful pictures, astounding video. Thank you.

[megansspark]

thanks, this one was important to me.. :)