The Interior Castle Teresa Of Avila

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The interior castle teresa of avila. Censor deputatuus nihil obstat. Translated from the autograph of st. Teresa of jesus by.

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. El castillo interior the interior castle or las moradas the mansions was written by st. Recorded in the 15th century the interior castle is still one of the most well known accounts of mystical theology today.

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. The benedictines of stanbrook. 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.

As the author of the interior castle teresa portrays the spiritual development of the human soul and its response to god as being like a great castle wherein lies seven rows of mansions. Thomas dubay had this to say. Yet no other books by a spanish author have received such widespread admiration as life and interior castle by st.

After being ordered to write her autobiographical la vida de la santa madre teresa de jesús the life of s. Teresa had a revelation from god of a crystal globe in the shape of a castle containing seven. 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.

Teresa of avila in 1577. 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. According to contemporary accounts st.