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Rating:  - The Interior Castle
This book is excellent! Very helpful in drawing the reader closer to God.
Rating: - The House of My Father Has Many Rooms
St. Teresa is one of my personal favorite saints. As a Carmelite nun in the 1500s, she was gifted with a vision from God to write this beautiful book. In this book, the soul journeys through seven rooms, each with a lesson of spiritual wisdom that draws us closer to God. In a ringing refutation of Pascal's bargain, she says that, "the most essential thing is that we should love God without any motive of self-interest." Love of God is an end unto itself, and we should not love God because we dread the pains of Hell and the loss of Heaven. The similarity of the Interior Castle, the controlling metaphor, to Jesus's quote that the "Mansion of My Father has many rooms," is beguiling and appealing. The only thing that bothers me is the subtle comparison to alchemy texts, such as the Christian Rosencrantz text, but this can surely be set aside in the light of such a beautiful book.
Fr. Carlos
Rating:  - My collection adds another.
I bought this to add to my collection of ' Classics of Western Spirituality '. E. Allison Peers would be my only other choice for St. Teresa.
Rating: - great spiritual book
This is a fantastic work that merits reading. The book was written by someone who clearly understands the nature of the Soul and the subtlties of it in union with God. I believe that anyone from nearly any spiritual tradition could benefit from the material in it. The experiences of which are written are difficult to communicate but Teresa of Avila does quite well and the book should be helpful to anyone whom has also experienced the Soul in this way. I've found it helpful to read such books to aid understanding of the Soul(and God) and in the practicing of religion.
Rating: - The Interior Castle
Recommended by a long-lost, dear friend. I hadn't realized what a mystic Teresa was. A new dimension to this beloved saint. Simply wonderful!
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