The Interior Castle

St. Teresa of Ávila, also known as Saint Teresa of Jesus (1515–1582), stands as a towering figure in Christian mysticism and Spanish Renaissance literature. Born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada in Ávila, Spain, she became a Carmelite nun and later reformed the Carmelite Order. Saint Teresa was a prolific writer, theologian, and spiritual trailblazer. Her most celebrated work, 'The Interior Cast...