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Spiritual marriage

The highest union of the soul with God, described by Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross.

Also: mystical marriage

Christian mysticism

The spiritual marriage is the permanent union of the soul with God in the seventh dwelling of Teresa’s Interior Castle, preceded by the spiritual betrothal of the sixth. Teresa compared it to rain falling into a river, where the waters can no longer be divided. Its fruit, she insisted, is good works.