…was written oh somewhere in the 5th century maybe the 6th century, by a Syrian Monk who gave himself the name Dionysus. I've recently translated this book. It's called theologia mystica, mystical theology, and you can get it from your paperback bookstore.…

…This is a Greek Term contrasted with cataphatic. When you speak cataphatically you say what god is like. So this man, Dionysus, wrote two books one was called the divine names, and that was cataphatic theology the other was called the mystical theology…

…statement. So this is the cataphatic language the apophatic says what god is not. And all those theologians in the following of Dionysus said: the highest way of talking about god is in negative terms. Just as to use Dionysus own image: when a sculptor…

…theologians in the following of Dionysus said: the highest way of talking about god is in negative terms. Just as to use Dionysus own image: when a sculptor makes a figure, he does it entirely by removing stone, taking something away. So in the same…