The Interior Castle St. Teresa

The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila (audiobook)

The Interior Castle or The Mansions was written by Saint Teresa of Ávila in 1577. After being ordered to write her autobiographical (The Life of S. Teresa of Jesus), Teresa was hesitant to start writing again on her views of the perfection found in internal prayer. With the Inquisition at that time, her Life was commonly believed to be on a scale of whether to call her experiences heretical or not. Her humility and claims that, “I am not meant for writing; I don't have the health or the wits for it,” almost prevented Teresa from composing The Interior Castle. However, according to a letter written by Fray Diego, one of Teresa’s former confessors, Teresa was convinced in the end to write her book after she received a vision from God.