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The Interior Castle

Teresa of Avila · 1577

Teresa's map of the soul's journey through seven mansions to union with God — a summit of Christian mysticism.

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Teresa of AvilaThe Spanish mystic and reformer of the Carmelite order whose writings on prayer — above all the Interior Castle — are summits of Christian spiritual literature.