![]() ![]() Further, Teresa's exposure of how she was blessed with contemplation illuminates the Catholic theologies of grace, the sacraments, humility and ultimately love. Outside of the Castle Here lie the snakes and venomous creatures. These mansions go deeper to the center of our soul where God resides. Diego wrote that God revealed to Teresa, '.a most beautiful crystal globe, made in the shape of a castle, and containing seven mansions, in the seventh and innermost of which was the King of Glory, in the greatest splendour, illumining and beautifying them all. She had a vision of the spiritual life as a diamond castle, with seven sets of mansions. The books The Interior Castle and The Way of Perfection, taken collectively, are practical blueprints for "seekers" who want to really experience prayer as mystical union with God. Teresa of vilawrote one of the greatest spiritual guides ever: The Interior Castle. The Augustinian friar and poet Luis de León, was selected as the editor, and finally in 1588 the book was published at Salamanca. In August 1586, it was decided to print Teresa's works, which had been collected and preserved by her secretary, Ana of Jesus. Andrew's Day, Novemhowever, there was a five months-long interruption in between, effectively leaving a fortnight each for first and second halves of the book. She started writing her seminal work, Interior Castle, on June 2, 1577, Trinity Sunday, and completed it on the eve of St. ![]() After being ordered to write her autobiography, published posthumously as La Vida de la Santa Madre Teresa de Jesús (The Life of the Holy Mother Teresa of Jesus), Teresa was hesitant to begin writing again on her views of the perfection found in internal prayer. ![]()
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