Teresa of Avila: The Book of My LifeShambhala Publications, 8 lug 2008 - 384 pagine A “pure genius” translation of the beloved autobiographical writings of the great 16th-century Spanish mystic, Saint Teresa of Ávila (Caroline Myss, New York Times–bestselling author) Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) is one of the most beloved of the Catholic saints. In 1562, during the era of the Spanish Inquisition, Teresa sat down to write an account of the mystical experiences for which she had become famous. The result was this book, one of the great classics of spiritual autobiography. With this fresh translation of The Book of My Life, Mirabai Starr brings the inimitable Spanish mystic to life for a new generation. In contemporary English that mirrors Teresa’s own earthy, vernacular Spanish, and that presents us with—four centuries after Teresa’s death—someone we feel we know, Mirabai Starr offers a stunning portrait of a woman who is intoxicated by God yet filled with an overflowing love for the world. |
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Illness and Patience | 24 |
Saint Josephs Cure | 32 |
Advice to World Leaders | 150 |
Sacred Humanity | 156 |
Visions and Voices | 167 |
A New Life | 169 |
Resisting the Gifts | 178 |
Spiritual Voices | 182 |
A Living Book | 194 |
The Perils of Temperance | 198 |
Prisoner of the Parlor | 38 |
Twenty Years of Turbulence | 51 |
Tears of Conversion | 58 |
First Favors | 63 |
The Four Waters | 69 |
The Garden | 71 |
Lifting the Bucket | 80 |
Joyful Abandon | 84 |
The Waterwheel | 95 |
The Prayer of Quiet | 102 |
The Stream of Holy Madness | 111 |
The Fragrance of Virtue | 116 |
The Prayer of Union | 121 |
Divine Rain | 128 |
Prayer of Pain | 137 |
His Hands | 209 |
The Beautiful Wound | 219 |
Fire and Water | 227 |
Holy Water | 238 |
A Glimpse of the Underworld | 251 |
Divine Disobedience | 260 |
Secret Preparations | 270 |
Holy Poverty | 281 |
Founding Saint Josephs | 289 |
Divine Friendship | 303 |
Flight of the Spirit | 310 |
Beyond Doubt | 323 |
Soul on Fire | 335 |
Epilogue | 345 |
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