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Reading group: Teresa of Ávila’s Interior Castle, one set of dwelling places a week
I would like to read Teresa of Ávila's Interior Castle (1577) together over four weeks, starting Monday 19 October. It is short, vivid and much more argumentative than its reputation. Teresa wrote it for the nuns of her order, at the request…
Started by Agnieszka Malinowska4 replies -
Does a Carmelite’s prayer of union and a Zen kenshō report the same experience?
Between sittings this winter, out of curiosity, I read Teresa of Ávila's Interior Castle, which she wrote in 1577. I expected it to be completely foreign. Parts of it were. Other parts, especially her descriptions of the faculties going quiet, felt uncomfortably…
Started by Aiko Tanabe6 replies