Teresa of Avila: Selections from the Interior Castle

Teresa of Avila, a renowned sixteenth-century Spanish mystic, received the vision for The Interior Castle one Sunday in 1577. In this signature work, Teresa uses the castle as a symbol for the interior life to describe her mystical experience of the presence of God. Her humble and straightforward treatise invites readers on a spiritual journey to enter into the deep places in their soul where they will find God.

"The soul of the just person is nothing else but a paradise where the Lord says he finds his delight. So then, what do you think that abode will be like where a King so powerful, so wise, so pure, so full of all good things takes his delight? I don't find anything comparable to the magnificent beauty of a soul and its marvelous capacity." -- Teresa of Avila

Author: Harpercollins Spiritual Classics
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 08/31/2004
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.39d
ISBN: 9780060576479