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The Interior Castle Explained

The longest journey may begin within.Understand the path through the seven dwellings. Read Teresa of Ávila with explanations that place her imagery in context for your reflection.

  • Seven mansions · 27 chapters, complete and unabridged
  • 337 pages with 112 explanatory panels
  • The Benedictines of Stanbrook historical translation
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    For readers who want 112 concise explanations beside passages where language or context becomes difficult.

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I had started several of these classics before and always lost momentum. The explanations give me just enough context to keep reading without interrupting the author’s voice.
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The page design is wonderfully calm. I can tell at a glance what belongs to the original text and what belongs to the editor, which makes the whole edition feel trustworthy.
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These editions make demanding spiritual books feel approachable without making them feel simplified. They have become books I can actually return to for prayer and study.
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PLAIN VERSION (DENSE)
The Interior Castletreated it Very fully elsewhere,‘ for I could not avoid repeating myself, as my memory is very bad. If I could state my ideas in another form they would not weary you, for we never tire of reading books on this subject, numerous as they are. 1 Life, ch. xiii. 1 sqq. Way 0/ Per/. ch. xx.-xxix. 27 28 THE INTERIOR casru-z. 2. In this part of the castle are found souls which have begun to practise prayer; they realize the impor tance of their not remaining in the first mansions, yet often lack determination to quit their present condition by avoiding occasions of sin, which is a very perilous state to be in. 3. However, it is a great grace that they should sometimes make good their escape from the vipers and poisonous creatures around them and should under stand the need of avoiding them. In some way these souls suffer a great deal more than those in the first mansions, although not in such danger, as they begin to understand their peril and there are great hopes of their entering farther into the castle. I say that they suffer a great deal more, for those in an earlier stage

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