Is there any equivalent of the experience of the dark night of the senses in Eastern tradition?

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I’ve been experiencing a textbook passive purification these past few months, but I desire to be Byzantine Catholic and I was wondering if there was a precedent for such experiences in the East? I know there’s something about purgation, illumination, and theosis but is it equivalent? A part of the external trials I’ve been dealing with is a feeling of incompatibility with Latin spirituality and theological methods, but it kind of throws a wrench in the works if God is taking me through a Latin Carmelite experience.

EDIT: I realized something… in the dark night of the senses God purifies someone of disordered attachments, and the Jesus Prayer does the same. That could be a very powerful one-two punch…
 
Its possible to experience something of the sorts but it would take a very experienced and learned Saint to compose some literature explaining the process/experience.
 
I doubt contemplation is something east or western. I don’t know.

Plus St. John of the Cross meant for these writing to be read and practiced by monks and priests. When you try to mix the contemplative life with the active life (ie: holy orders vs domestic church (ie: family) ) - things get confusing. Good luck.

I liked this book - and I think it was meant for lay but I could be wrong:
amazon.com/This-Tremendous-Lover-Eugene-Boylan/dp/0870611380
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ijPUmZp7L.BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01.jpg
 
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