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Term apparently originates with Saint John of the Cross.
Dark Night of the Soul (Spanish * La noche oscura del alma) is a poem written by the 16th-century Spanish mystic and poet St. John of the Cross. The author himself did not give any title to his poem, on which he wrote two book-length commentaries * Ascent of Mount Carmel (Subida del Monte Carmelo) and The Dark Night (Noche Oscura).