Teresa of Avila: The Book of My Life

by Mirabai Starr

2021-01-05 15:34:29

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 ... Read more
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, with 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: a woman intoxicated with God yet filled with an overflowing love for the world. Less

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File size8.97 X 5.98 X 1.03 in
Print pages384
PublisherShambhala
Publication date July 8, 2008
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781590303658
MIRABAI STARR is an adjunct professor of philosophy and world religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos. As a teenager, Starr lived at the Lama Foundation, an intentional spiritual community that...

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