Teresa of Avila

<p>Teresa of Avila a renowned sixteenth-century Spanish mystic received the vision for The Interior Castle one Sunday in 1577. In this signature work Teresa uses the castle as a symbol for the interior life to describe her mystical experience of the presence of God. Her humble and straightforward treatise invites readers on a spiritual journey to enter into the deep places in their soul where they will find God. </p><p> The soul of the just person is nothing else but a paradise where the Lord says he finds his delight. So then what do you think that abode will be like where a King so powerful so wise so pure so full of all good things takes his delight? I don't find anything comparable to the magnificent beauty of a soul and its marvelous capacity. -- Teresa of Avila</p>