| Teresa of Avila: Selections from the Interior Castle Contributor(s): Harpercollins Spiritual Classics (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060576472 ISBN-13: 9780060576479 Publisher: HarperOne OUR PRICE: $13.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2004 Annotation: 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 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Religion | Spirituality - Religion | Mysticism |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004056838 |
| Series: HarperCollins Spiritual Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.28 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Catholic - Theometrics - Mainline |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |
