Reading from the Cloud of Unknowing by Translator Carmen Acevedo Butcher

In Carmen Acevedo Butcher's reading from her award-winning translation of the Cloud of Unknowing, the 14th-century spiritual classic, guide to contemplative prayer, and wellspring of Centering Prayer, she introduces us to its joyful spirit, lively writing style, accessible prose and teaching, and universally appealing, helpful wisdom, which can bring more peace, calmness, and joy into our lives.
Carmen Acevedo Butcher, PhD
Translator, author, teacher, contemplative
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[@dafost3r]

Middle English is so beautiful. Thank you also for your translation

[@CarmenAcevedoButcherPresence]

Thank you for your kind post. Yes agree about Middle English!

[@federicoramirez8175]

Thank you Carmen! God bless you!

[@CarmenAcevedoButcherPresence]

Thank you for your kindness and encouragement, Federico!

[@michaelstanton3470]

A massive thanks to you for this incredible translation. I do a lot of hiking in the mountains, and yesterday I heard the book of Privy Counsel working my way up a steep forest slope for hours in the mist. It was very fitting. I felt directly spoken to. Eternal friends now, the Cloud of Unknowing before me, and the Cloud of Forgetting beneath me. What a relief to remember these metaphors when I fail, yet again, to banish the small and crabby self. Woosh. Gone. This is the book for my desert island. Thank you again! I think your song is in C# minor, and pretty great. I can really hear the german in this old english.

[@CarmenAcevedoButcherPresence]

Thank you, Mike. All the best to you, Carmen

[@cherylmburton5577]

I am happy that I listened to this a second time! I appreciate it twice as much and needed to relax. Thanks again❤

[@macjeffff]

I love this video. Thank you for sharing the gift of your sacred song with us. What a joy!

[@CarmenAcevedoButcherPresence]

Thank you, Jeff!

[@marsha123ist]

Cont’d…it was from the interview regarding Brother Lawrence. Thank you 🙏

[@CarmenAcevedoButcherPresence]

I recorded it for you, Marsha: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6O9lal7pamAjZI&ab_channel=CarmenAcevedoButcher Hope you enjoy it! Peace, Carmen

[@LionelCartwright]

Looking forward to reading your translation. Heard about it on the podcast “Turning To The Mystics.” James Finley hosts and just started a new season on The Cloud of Unknowing. Thanks for your work.

[@CarmenAcevedoButcherPresence]

Thank you, Lionel! Peace, Carmen

[@katherine.benson4489]

This prayer is also part of the liturgy in the Episcopal Church. I am reading your translation in conjunction with an online course on the Cloud with Cynthia Bourgeault. Many thanks.

[@CarmenAcevedoButcherPresence]

Hi Katherine, thank you for your kind comment. I’m happy to know you are taking Cynthia’s course. Good nourishment there. Take care. Peace, Carmen

[@katherine.benson4489]

Carmen!!! I just Googled and discovered your other books and your blog. I live in Rome, GA and did in 2014. That was about the time I let my hair go gray! But I still have to buy my curls via a perm. Blessings to you.

[@wchous]

Reading your translation now, Carmen, and loving it. And the notes are so so so helpful!

[@CarmenAcevedoButcherPresence]

Thank you, Cliff, and I’m happy the notes are helpful!

[@KathyComplex]

Thank you, Carmen. Love to you.

[@CarmenAcevedoButcherPresence]

All the best to you, Kathy. Carmen

[@donnaanderson5529]

I loved this Sis! Just discovered I could subscribe to you on KZbin . So inspiring and encouraging! Blessings🕊️🥰

[@CarmenAcevedoButcherPresence]

Thank you, @donnaanderson5529! Appreciate your kindness!

[@aacevedo396]

love it

[@CarmenAcevedoButcherPresence]

Love you!

[@marsha123ist]

Your song is so lovely. Also, the song you sang on Amy Frykholm’s blog for the Christian Century is exquisite. Is there anyway you can make that available for us to listen to

[@CarmenAcevedoButcherPresence]

Thank you, Marsha. Your kind words are encouraging to me. I believe it was Cædmon's Hymn (a kind friend helped me dig that up). I'll record it soon-ish and post it here. Thank you for your interest! Peace to you, Carmen

[@blargsmarg7784]

Please read the whole book in middle English

[@CarmenAcevedoButcherPresence]

Thank you, Shima, my friend. That is a good idea. I will consider it.

[@musicstudiosale4103]

Are you a buddhist can I ask?

[@CarmenAcevedoButcherPresence]

Thank you for your question. I have studied much in Buddhism and have been much healed by its wisdom. I saw a chart recently that showed how the institutional forms of major faiths and wisdom traditions differ in many ways but how in the contemplative forms they are so similar. So not officially no. And unofficially have many deep bows for its helpful wisdom.