The Interior Castle St Teresa Of Avila

The work was inspired by her vision of the soul as a diamond in the shape of a castle containing seven mansions which she interpreted as the journey of faith through seven stages ending with union with god.

The interior castle st teresa of avila. Teresa of jesus by. In the interior castle carmelite nun mystic and patron saint of spain teresa of avila uses the metaphor of a giant crystal castle to explain her theory of the soul and the various stages it passes through as it progresses towards god. She established new foundations for her order carried on the spiritual direction of souls wrote brilliant treatises for the edification of her fellow nuns and reached the very summit of.

Thomas dubay had this to say. Introduction to interior castle. Censor deputatuus nihil obstat.

Teresa of avila spent most of her life in a convent was never formally schooled and was repulsed at the idea of attaining public fame. Yet no other books by a spanish author have received such widespread admiration as life and interior castle by st. Teresa a mystic and nun who regularly communed with god recorded a particular vision involving a crystal globe and seven mansions each representative of a different level of the human soul.

Teresa of avila st. The interior castle or the mansions spanish. Translated from the autograph of st.

Revised with notes and an introduction by the. Teresa of avila wrote interior castle under the power of obedience xxiii towards the end of her life starting the book on june 2 1577 and finishing it on november 29 of the same year. Third edition with additional notes thomas baker london 1921 dom michael barrett o s b.