An excellent introduction to Weil’s writings and also a valuable guide and stimulus for cultivating a life in which intellectual and spiritual honesty are inseparable, and in which the difficulty of attaining them is seriously confronted. It is ideal for classroom use, for introducing a friend to Weil, or for revisiting her long after an earlier encounter to be reminded why she is such a compelling and challenging interlocutor.

Love in the Void is a reminder to neophytes and the experienced alike that Weil’s writing is meant to be concrete, accessible, and useful – more than simply ideas to ponder, but an invitation to change our lives. Plough has done an admirable job in assembling a condensed version of Weil’s most pertinent writing. This is Weil burned down to her essentials.

In this intellectually and spiritually demanding sampler, philosopher and Christian mystic Simone Weil (1909–1943) addresses love, beauty, suffering, and idolatry…. Weil combines aphorisms and perceptive observations to lead readers into “the void,” “the dark night,” where suffering “puts a little seed in us” and inspires questions about the afterlife. This beguiling book is a fine introduction to Weil’s work.