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Intellectual Visions

Teresa of Avila: Sixth Mansions: Chapter Ten: Intellectual Visions We recently completed Teresa of Avila’s chapter on Imaginative Visions (Sixth Mansions: Chapter Nine). We now move to Chapter Ten. Teresa returns to the topic of Intellectual Visions that she discussed

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Imaginative Visions: Part One

Interior Castle: Sixth Mansions: Chapter Nine We’re discussing an overall theme of “raptures of the soul”. Teresa says, these raptures “carry the soul out of its senses”.  And even though we’re carried out of our senses, “the soul has never

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Intellectual Visions: Part One

Teresa of Avila: Interior Castle: Sixth Mansions: Chapter Eight In this chapter of the Interior Castle Teresa enters into a detailed discussion about Intellectual Visions. There are three types of visions. The “corporeal vision” is one in which we see

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