num_pages: 160
description: Teresa of Avila, a renowned sixteenth–century Spanish mystic, received the vision for The Interior Castle one Sunday in 1577. In this signature work, Teresa uses the castle as a symbol for the interior life to describe her mystical experience of the presence of God. Her humble and straightforward treatise invites readers on a spiritual journey to enter into the deep places in their soul where they will find God. "The soul of the just person is nothing else but a paradise where the Lord says he finds his delight. So then, what do you think that abode will be like where a King so powerful, so wise, so pure, so full of all good things takes his delight? I don't find anything comparable to the magnificent beauty of a soul and its marvelous capacity." –– Teresa of Avila
language: English
title: Teresa of Avila: Selections from The Interior Castle
titlecomplete: Teresa of Avila: Selections from The Interior Castle (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)
genres: Christianity, Classics, Mysticism, Catholic, Religion, Theology, Spirituality, Faith, Christian, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 7966
publisher: HarperOne