The Interior Castle
Translated by The Benedictines of Stanbrook
Thomas Baker, London
First written 1577
In the public domain
About this text
An early twentieth-century English translation of Teresa’s Interior Castle, her account of the soul as a castle of seven dwelling places through which the soul passes in prayer, from self-knowledge to the spiritual marriage at the centre where God dwells.
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Teresa of Ávila. The Interior Castle: or The Mansions. Translated by The Benedictines of Stanbrook. Thomas Baker, London.
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