The Interior Castle

The Interior Castle
Author: St. Teresa Avila
Publisher:
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2018-11-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781729671382

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The Interior Castle, or The Mansions, (Spanish: El Castillo Interior or Las Moradas) was written by St. Teresa of Ávila, O.C.D., the Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun and famed mystic, in 1577 as a guide for spiritual development through service and prayer. 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

The Interior Castle
Author: St. Teresa of Ávila
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2022-11-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

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The Interior Castle, or The Mansions, was written by St. Teresa of Ávila, the Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun and famed mystic, in 1577 as a guide for spiritual development through service and prayer. Inspired by her vision of the soul as a diamond in the shape of a castle containing seven mansions, she interpreted life as the journey of faith through seven stages, ending with union with God.

Interior Castle

Interior Castle
Author: Teresa of Avila
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2008-01-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1458795373

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Interior Castle (1577) unveils a profound spiritual vision in which Teresa saw the soul as a castle made of a single diamond . . . surrounded by six mansions the soul must traverse on its journey to the center of the castle and union with God. One approached the seventh mansion in the center, where the King of Glory dwells, by going through the other mansions of Humility, Practice of Prayer, Meditation, Quiet, Illumination, and Dark Night. In each of the seven mansions readers will experience a deepening desire to know God more intimately by conforming their wills to His will.

Interior Castle

Interior Castle
Author: St Teresa of Avila
Publisher: Value Classic Reprints
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2019-12-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781640322042

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Complete edition of the Interior Castle by Saint Teresa of Avila, translated by the Benedictines of Stanbrook. This edition includes over 400 footnotes, creating a study edition for readers to better understand Avila's spiritual path to deepening a relationship with God and His glorious peace. For many, it is a soul piercing and inspiring book. Originally written as El Castillo Interior or Las Moradas in 1577, Interior Castle is a complement to Avila's other book, Way of Perfection written at the same time. "...the King of glory, resplendent with the most exquisite brilliancy, which shone through and adorned the remaining rooms. The nearer these lay to the centre, the more did they partake of that wondrous light. ..." No student of thought should be without this historic book. This edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price.

The Interior Castle

The Interior Castle
Author: Saint Teresa (of Avila)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1912
Genre: Christian life
ISBN:

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The Interior Castle

The Interior Castle
Author: Saint Teresa of Avila
Publisher: Aeterna Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2011-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

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AMONG the things which I have been commanded to do under obedience, few have proved so difficult to me as writing at present something on prayer; and this for two reasons, because it seems to me our Lord does not give me spirit, nor a desire to write, and also because I have had, for the last three months, such a noise in my head, attended with extreme weakness, that I write with pain, even on necessary business. But knowing the power of obedience, which makes things easy that seem impossible, my will is determined to undertake the work very cheerfully, though nature seems exceedingly averse to it, because our Lord has not given me such virtue that I should be able to accomplish the task, considering how I have to endure continual sickness, and how many different employments occupy my time, without great resistance on the part of nature. May he be pleased to accomplish the work, who has performed other more difficult things for me; in His mercy I trust.

The Interior Castle

The Interior Castle
Author: St. Teresa of Avila
Publisher: TAN Books
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2011-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0895559366

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The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila presents a remarkable description of the entire spiritual life from the first release from mortal sin into Sanctifying Grace through the Mystical Marriage of the soul with Christ as a journey through what she called The Interior Castle. She sees the soul as a magnificent castle full of spacious and well-lit rooms or mansions each of which leads deeper into the heart of the castle to the seat of the King. However, St. Teresa laments that most people give all their attention to the outer wall of the castle the body ignoring the beauty of the soul within. St. Teresa gives practical advice regarding the early struggles and the temptations to turn back which beset the beginner. She describes each of the seven mansions and urges us forward to love and serve the Divine Majesty, imparting her absolute conviction that progress toward God through prayer is worth vastly more than all the treasures of this earth.

The Interior Castle

The Interior Castle
Author: St Teresa of Avila
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1602062862

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Written in 1577 and first published in English in 1852, The Interior Castle is considered one of the greatest works of Catholic spiritual prose. A painting of the spirit within a Renaissance landscape, this allegory of the soul as a castle is both poetic and didactic. Written in address of women, this work describes the seven concentric groups of mansions within the soul, each aligned to one of the seven heavens, and here is the map which gently, and with love and prayer, leads the female spirit through war, fear, and humility, into the ultimate destination-the central court and a spiritual "marriage" to God. The works of Spanish nun SAINT TERESA OF AVILA (1515-1582) rank among the most extraordinary mystical writings of Roman Catholicism and among the classics of all religious traditions. Her writings include The Way of Perfection and her autobiography, The Life of Saint Teresa of Jesus.