Teresa of Avila: Interior Castle: Seventh Mansions: Chapter Four Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. (Luke 6.12) Some of us may have stumbled across the…
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Posted in 7th Mansions - Chapter 4
Posted in 7th Mansions - Chapter 4
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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Posted in 6th Mansions - Chapter 10
Posted in 6th Mansions - Chapter 10
Spiritual Greed
Teresa of Avila: Sixth Mansions: Chapter Nine Imaginative Visions: Part Eight Be on your guard against all kinds of greed. (Jesus) The habit of having to have things we don’t need, is likely greed. Greed can also infest our spiritual lives.…
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Posted in 6th Mansions - Chapter 9
Posted in 6th Mansions - Chapter 9
Spiritual Locutions and Our Character
Interior Castle: Sixth Mansions: Chapter Three We’ve been learning about spiritual “locutions” [direct messages/personal revelation]. Yet where do these locutions come from? Do they come from God, our imagination, or the devil? This is our ninth post* on discerning the source…
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Posted in 6th Mansions - Chapter 3
Posted in 6th Mansions - Chapter 3
Spiritual Progress
Let the conclusion of the whole matter be this. We must strive all the time to advance, and, if we are not advancing, we must cherish serious misgivings, as the devil is undoubtedly anxious to exercise his wiles upon us.…
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Posted in 5th Mansions - Chapter 4, Spiritual Warfare
Posted in 5th Mansions - Chapter 4, Spiritual Warfare
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