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).
who coined the term dark night of the soul
St. John of the Cross