The Dark Night of the Soul is a period of utter spiritual desolation, disconnection, and emptiness in which one feels totally separated from the Divine. Those who experience the Dark Night feel completely lost, hopeless, and consumed with melancholy. The Dark Night of the Soul can be likened to severe spiritual depression.

>You feel a deep sense of sadness, which often verges on despair (this sadness is often triggered by the state of your life, humanity, and/or the world as a whole)
>You feel an acute sense of unworthiness
>You have the constant feeling of being lost or “condemned” to a life of suffering or emptiness
>You possess a painful feeling of powerlessness and hopelessness
>Your will and self-control is weakened, making it difficult for you to act
>You lack interest and find no joy in things that once excited you
>You crave for the loss of something intangible; a longing for a distant place or to “return home” again