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While I was beseeching Our Lord today...I began to think of the soul as if it were a castle made of a single diamond or of very clear crystal, in which there are many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions. -- St. Teresa of Avila
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The acclaimed modern translation of St. Teresa of Avila's classic book on spiritual awareness and guidance

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... Read Full Overview

Las moradas, llamado tambi n El castillo interior es una obra de Teresa de vila, monja carmelita descalza, escrita en 1577 como gu a para el desarrollo espiritual a trav s del servicio y la oraci n. Inspirada en su visi n del alma como un diamante con forma de castillo, dividido... Read Full Overview

Las moradas o El castillo interior es una obra de Teresa de vila, monja carmelita descalza, escrita en 1577 como gu a para el desarrollo espiritual a trav s del servicio y la oraci n. Inspirada en su visi n del alma como un diamante con forma de castillo, dividido en siete mansiones,... Read Full Overview

Esta santa y m?stica espa?ola (1515-1582) es una de las principales escritoras de oraci?n mental, utilizando para este tema sus propias experiencias personales; as? mismo utiliza su profundo conocimiento y sus dotes anal?ticos.En esta obra sobre la oraci?n, Teresa de Jes?s considera... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Here is the definitive edition of St. Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle: translated by E. Allison Peers. This mystic book is as inspirational and enlightening today as it was when it was first written. St. Teresa lays out the foundation for an ideal journey... Read Full Overview

Published posthumously in 1588, "The Interior Castle" was written over several weeks in 1577 by Saint Teresa of Avila, a prominent 16th century Spanish mystic, Carmelite nun, theologian, and writer of the Counter Reformation. Saint Teresa of Avila was born in 1515 in Avila,... Read Full Overview

"The Classics of Western Spirituality(TM)...was the event of the year." Commonweal "We simply want to applaud..." The New Review of Books and Religion Teresa of Avila: Interior Castle "I t is that we consider our soul to be like a castle made entirely out of a diamond or of very... Read Full Overview

"Las Moradas" de Santa Teresa de ?vila es un cl?sico espiritual que ofrece una ventana al funcionamiento interno del alma. Esta edici?n ilustrada es la mejor manera de experimentar este poderoso libro, ya que contiene bellas im?genes de las iglesias y catedrales que llevan el... Read Full Overview

Teresa of Avila was a sixteenth-century Carmelite nun who was committed to a life of contemplative prayer. Beloved for both her deep spiritual insights and practical approach to life, her writings are considered spiritual classics, and The Interior Castle is widely recognized... Read Full Overview

Interior Castle guides the spiritual seeker through each stage of development until the soul's final union with the divine. Includes an introduction written by Teresa Tomeo.