Interior Castle: The Classic Text with a Spiritual Commentary (Classics with Commentary Series)

by Saint Teresa of Avila, Dennis J. Billy, Dennis Billy

Overview

Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle is one of the most celebrated books of Christian mysticism ever written. In this new edition, the classic translation by E. Allison Peers is united with fresh spiritual commentary from Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R., making it the only edition of Interior Castle to provide spiritual nourishment in an accessible form while remaining completely faithful to Teresa's mystical vision.

Remarkably simple in both style and structure, Teresa begins Interior Castle with the vision of the soul as a "castle made of a single diamond...in which there are many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions." Built on this image of the great worth and depth of the soul, Teresa constructs a work of stunning spiritual and psychological wisdom. Dennis Billy breathes fresh air into this timeless work with a spiritually focused commentary that examines Teresa's thought in its historical context and summarizes her teaching in a brief and straightforward manner.

This classic text of Teresa of Avila, joined with the modern spiritual commentary of Dennis Billy, offers a journey of the soul inward through greater self-knowledge and spiritual blessings toward our ultimate goal: union with God.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780870612411
Publisher:	Ave Maria Press
Publication date:	04/28/2007
Series:	Classics with Commentary Series
Pages:	322
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.72(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction     9
How to Read: Interior Castle     21
Prologue     33
First Mansions     37
Chapter 1     39
Chapter 2     47
Second Mansions     59
Chapter 1     61
Third Mansions     71
Chapter 1     73
Chapter 2     81
Fourth Mansions     91
Chapter 1     93
Chapter 2     103
Chapter 3     111
Fifth Mansions     123
Chapter 1     125
Chapter 2     133
Chapter 3     143
Chapter 4     151
Sixth Mansions     159
Chapter 1     161
Chapter 2     171
Chapter 3     177
Chapter 4     187
Chapter 5     197
Chapter 6     205
Chapter 7     215
Chapter 8     227
Chapter 9     235
Chapter 10     245
Chapter 11     251
Seventh Mansions     259
Chapter 1     261
Chapter 2     269
Chapter 3     277
Chapter4     287
Epilogue     297
Notes     301
Suggested Readings     315