The Interior Castle or the Mansions - Softcover

Of Avila; Saint Teresa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0895556049 ISBN 13: 9780895556042

Publisher: TAN Books and Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

This spiritual autobiography was originally intended as a series of addresses to the nuns of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites, the order which St Teresa founded. The book contains advice and direction on themes ranging from self-knowledge and humility to detachment and suffering. St Teresa compares the human soul to a castle, equipped with many mansions. The key to entering this castle is prayer. Following St Teresa's spiritual pilgrimage, the reader enters the first mansion of humility and then the succeeding manions of practising prayer, meditation, the prayer of quiet, the prayer of union with God, before entering the central mansion where God resides and where the most special spiritual blessings are to be received.

About this title

About the Author:

Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Spanish nun and one of the great mystics and religious women of the Roman Catholic Church. She was the leader of the Carmelite Reform, which restored and emphasized the austerity and contemplative character of the Carmelite order. Canonized in 1622, she was elevated to Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI in 1970, the first women to be so honored.
All three volumes were translated by E. Allison Peers, the translator of many great works of Spanish verse and mysticism.

About this edition

• Publisher: TAN Books and Publishers
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0895556049
• ISBN 13: 9780895556042
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 307