This book is one of the most well-known, and certainly one of the most well-loved of the Spiritual classics. It reads like an instruction manual on the deeper life of prayer, meditation and soaking in the presence of God. This book is an important milestone in the spiritual literature for its sheer frankness and practicality. She delves here into the experience of closer communion with God, with helpful tips and cautions; the problems with dry periods, what they may mean and what to do in the midst of them; the importance of following Christ into the depths, yet remaining accountable, and many more of the delicate, triumphant, and also realistic aspects of pursuing God. In this book St. Teresa lays out the mysteries of sweetness in prayer, the prayer of quietude, union with God; she explores prophetic utterances, raptures, the "flight of the spirit", visions of the mind and visions of the imagination, and being drawn into the chamber of God's presence to become the literal bride in the earth.

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Born in Avila, Spain, on March 28, 1515, St. Teresa was the daughter of a Toledo merchant and his second wife, who died when Teresa was 15, one of ten children. Shortly after this event, Teresa was entrusted to the care of the Augustinian nuns. After reading the letters of St. Jerome, Teresa resolved to enter a religious life. In 1535, she joined the Carmelite Order. She spent a number of relatively average years in the convent, punctuated by a severe illness that left her legs paralyzed for three years, but then experienced a vision of "the sorely wounded Christ" that changed her life forever.From this point forward, Teresa moved into a period of increasingly ecstatic experiences in which she came to focus more and more sharply on Christ's passion. With these visions as her impetus, she set herself to the reformation of her order, beginning with her attempt to master herself and her adherence to the rule. Gathering a group of supporters, Teresa endeavored to create a more primitive type of Carmelite. From 1560 until her death, Teresa struggled to establish and broaden the movement of Discalced or shoeless Carmelites. During the mid-1560s, she wrote the Way of Perfection and the Meditations on the Canticle. In 1567, she met St. John of the Cross, who she enlisted to extend her reform into the male side of the Carmelite Order. Teresa died in 1582.St. Teresa left to posterity many new convents, which she continued founding up to the year of her death. She also left a significant legacy of writings, which represent important benchmarks in the history of Christian mysticism. These works include the Way of Perfection and the Interior Castle. She also left an autobiography, the Life of Teresa of Avila.

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The Interior Castle is St. Teresa of Avila most important and widely studied work, it guides the spiritual seeker through each stage of development until the soul's final union with the divine.

Interior Castle is a guide for spiritual development through service and prayer. The work was inspired by Teresa's 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 book was written as a practical blueprint for "seekers" who want to experience prayer as mystical union with God. Teresa's exposure of how she was blessed with contemplation illuminates the Catholic theologies of grace, the sacraments, humility and ultimately love. It contains the basis for what she felt should be the ideal journey of faith. The first English translation was published in 1675 and the second in 1852. This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.

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Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) was a Spanish nun whose mystical experiences were at first considered satanic temptations, but were later recognized as deriving from her deep relationship with Deity.  'The Way of Perfection' is St. Teresa's most famous book, written primarily as a course of practical instruction for the Carmelite nuns under her direction.  The text divides naturally into four sections: a brief introduction and a short explanation on the Rule of the Carmelite Order, followed by two longer segments, the first on different types of prayer and contemplation, and ending with an insightful, word-by-word exposition of The Lord's Prayer. This is practical guide to prayer, giving Saint Teresa's advice and instructions for the attainment of spiritual perfection.

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APPRECIATION AND INTRODUCTION 5SOME SELECTED PASSAGES 59TERESA ON HERSELF 60ON THE GODHEAD 67ON THE SOUL 69ON GOD IN THE SOUL 72ON THE LOVE OF GOD 77ON THE LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOUR 81ON OUR SINFULNESS 83ON THE WORLD 85ON EVIL-SPEAKING 87ON SELF-EXCUSING 89ON PRAISE, PRECEDENCY, AND POINTS OF HONOUR 92ON HUMILITY 95ON SORROW FOR SIN 98ON LEARNING AND INTELLECT 100ON PRAYER 105APPRECIATION AND INTRODUCTIONWith a view to the work of my classes this session, I took old Abraham Woodhead's two black-letter quartos with me to the Engadine last July. And I spent every rainy morning and every tired evening of that memorable holiday month in the society of Santa Teresa and her excellent old-English translator. Till, ever, as I crossed the Morteratch and the Roseg, and climbed the hills around Maloggia and Pontresina, a voice would come after me, saying to me, Why should you not share all this spiritual profit and intellectual delight with your Sabbath evening congregations, and with your young men's and young women's classes? Why should you not introduce Santa Teresa to her daughters in Edinburgh? For her daughters they are, so soon and as long as they live in self-knowledge and in self-denial, in humility and in meekness, and especially in unceasing prayer for themselves and for others. And I am not without some assurance that in this present lecture I am both hearing and obeying one of those same locutions that Teresa heard so frequently, and obeyed with such instancy and fidelity and fruitfulness.

Saint Teresa of Avila: An Appreciation: Large Print Edition

Originally written for her sisters in the order that she had belonged to, St. Teresa lays out a book of advice to attain true communion with God. Although some of the chapters feel like rules rather than guidance, the steps within this book help to draw us closer to god via prayer, meditation and silence. Many times in our loud world we try to show our closeness with God via loud exclamations of what our Lord is doing but St. Teresa shows a different and heartfelt way of meditating on God’s word in a silent nature allowing us to see that relationship with God is a private thing that no one has any say over except God himself and His word.

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The Interior Castle

The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of the Order of Our Lady of Carmel (The Writings of St. Teresa of Avila)

The Interior Castle or The Mansions

The Way of Perfection and Conceptions of Divine Love

Interior Castle

Interior Castle

Interior Castle (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

The Way of Perfection: A Practical Guide to Christian Prayer and Spiritual Progress (Aziloth Books)

Saint Teresa of Avila: An Appreciation: Large Print Edition

The Way of Perfection