Dark Night

Join host Sol Bishop as he explores the dark night of the soul—that profound spiritual silence when the sacred seems quiet. From a sixteenth-century Spanish prison cell to distinguishing mystical desolation from clinical depression, discover what darkness teaches when divine silence might actually be divine presence turned too bright to see.Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTVThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.

Host Sol Bishop explores the mystical theology of John of the Cross and the "dark night of the soul"—where spiritual desolation signals not God's absence but overwhelming divine presence. Bishop unpacks how intense spiritual suffering might indicate profound transformation and radical freedom.Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTVThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.

In this episode of Where God Goes Quiet, host Sol Bishop explores the distinction between clinical depression and the dark night of the soul. Drawing on Saint John of the Cross's criteria, Bishop examines why confusing these experiences can leave people suffering unnecessarily, advocating for communities that speak both psychological and theological languages.Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTVThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.

Join host Sol Bishop in a Toledo prison where 16th-century mystic John of the Cross endured torture and composed history's most luminous poem about divine silence. This episode explores "the dark night of the soul": not despair, but transformation through apparent absence, examining John's framework of spiritual purification and why God's closeness can feel like annihilation.Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTVThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.