The Interior Castle (Baronius Press Classics) - Tapa blanda

St. Teresa of Jesus, also known as St. Teresa of Avila, is one of the most popular Doctors of the Church. Her teaching on prayer has continued to inspire and guide Christians in their spiritual journeys for over four hundred years. In The Interior Castle St. Teresa describes the road by which she was led, well aware that the others may be led in a different way. In the heavenly Father s house, there are many mansions; not only seven, and many paths lead to them. What gives the work such high value is, that it is the result of a most searching inquiry into the various phases whereby a soul is gradually transformed into the likeness of God Himself. Here St. Teresa is at her best. She takes nothing for granted, her own personal experiences are admitted only after having been fully investigated and found to be consistent one with the other, and conformable to the teaching of the Church and the words of Holy Scripture.

Recorded in the 15th century, The Interior Castle is still one of the most well-known accounts of mystical theology today. St. Teresa, a mystic and nun who regularly communed with God, recorded a particular vision involving a crystal globe and seven mansions, each representative of a different level of the human soul. Her journey has been interpreted as one of faith, self-knowledge, and fulfillment, and remains a sacred text offering a unique glimpse into the Divine and invites a deeper relationship with the Christian God.