Gregory of Nyssa's allegorical reading of the life of Moses as a model of the soul's ascent to God. The text interprets Moses's encounters with God — the burning bush, Sinai, the cloud — as stages of deepening mystical union culminating in the experience of divine darkness.
Articulated the concept of epektasis — the soul's infinite progression toward an inexhaustible God — establishing a Christian framework for mystical growth that moves beyond static possession of truth toward endless dynamic participation.
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