![[banner-teresa-image.png]] > [[tj-interior-castle-ccel|← Cover]] | [[tj-ic-ccel-00|Next →]] # Table of Contents [[tj-ic-ccel-00|Introduction]] [[tj-ic-ccel-01|Prologue]] ## The First Mansions [[tj-ic-ccel-02|The First Mansions]] [[tj-ic-ccel-02a|**Chapter I**]] This Chapter Treats of the Beauty and Dignity of Our Souls and Makes a This and the Favours God Grants to Us Is Shown, and How Prayer Is the Gate of the Spiritual Castle [[tj-ic-ccel-02b|**Chapter II**]] Describes the Hideous Appearance of a Soul in Mortal sin as Revealed by Is Useful as It Contains Some Points Requiring Attention ## The Second Mansions [[tj-ic-ccel-03|**Chapter I**]] Treats of the Great Importance of Perseverance in Order to Enter the Last Mansions, and of the Fierce War the Devil Wages Against Us. How Essential It Is to Take the Right Path from the Very Commencement of Our Journey. a Method of Action Which Has Proved Very Efficacious ## The Third Mansions [[tj-ic-ccel-04|The Third Mansions]] [[tj-ic-ccel-04a|**Chapter I**]] Treats of the Insecurity of Life in This Exile, However High We May Be Raised, and of How We Must Always Walk in Fear. Contains Some Good Points [[tj-ic-ccel-04b|**Chapter II**]] Continues the Same Subject and Speaks of Aridities in Prayer and Those Who Are in These Mansions ## The Fourth Mansions [[tj-ic-ccel-05|The Fourth Mansions]] [[tj-ic-ccel-05a|**Chapter I**]] How Sweetness and Tenderness in Prayer Differ from Consolations. Imagination and the Understanding Are Not the Same Thing. This Chapter Is Useful for Those Whose Thoughts Wander Much During Prayer [[tj-ic-ccel-05b|**Chapter II**]] Continues the Same Subject, Explaining by a Comparison in What Divine Receive Them, Without Endeavouring to Obtain Them [[tj-ic-ccel-05c|**Chapter III**]] of the Prayer of Recollection Which God Generally Gives the Soul Before of Divine Consolations Described in the Last Chapter ## The Fifth Mansions [[tj-ic-ccel-06|The Fifth Mansions]] [[tj-ic-ccel-06a|**Chapter I**]] Begins to Treat of the Union of the Soul with God in Prayer. How to Be Sure That We Are Not Deceived in This Matter [[tj-ic-ccel-06b|**Chapter II**]] Continues the Same Subject: Explains the Prayer of Union by a Delicate Comparison and Speaks of the Effects It Leaves upon the Soul. This Chapter Should Receive Great Attention [[tj-ic-ccel-06c|**Chapter III**]] This Chapter Continues the Same Subject and Speaks of Another Kind of Union Which the Soul Can Obtain with the Help of God. The Importance of Love of Our Neighbour in This Matter. This Is Very Useful to Read [[tj-ic-ccel-06d|**Chapter IV**]] Further Explanation of the Same Subject; Explains This Prayer. The Importance of Being on One's Guard, as the Devil Eagerly Desires to Turn Souls Back from the Right Path ## The Sixth Mansions [[tj-ic-ccel-07|The Sixth Mansions]] [[tj-ic-ccel-07a|**Chapter I**]] This Chapter Shows How, When God Bestows Greater Favours on the Soul, It Suffers More Severe Afflictions. Some of the Latter Are Described and Directions How to Bear Them Given to the Dwellers in This Mansion. This Chapter Is Useful for Those Suffering Interior Trials [[tj-ic-ccel-07b|**Chapter II**]] Treats of Several Ways Whereby Our Lord Quickens the Soul; There a Very Exalted Nature [[tj-ic-ccel-07c|**Chapter III**]] Treats of the Same Subject and of the Manner in Which God Is Sometimes Pleased to Speak to the Soul. How We Should Behave in Such a Case, Where We Must Not Follow Our Own Opinion. It Provides Signs to Show How to Discover Whether This Favor Is a Deception or Not. This Is Very Noteworthy [[tj-ic-ccel-07d|**Chapter IV**]] Treats of How God Suspends the Soul in Prayer by a Trance, Ecstasy or [[tj-ic-ccel-07e|**Chapter V**]] Treats of the Same Subject as the Last Chapter and Describes the Flight [[tj-ic-ccel-07f|**Chapter VI**]] Describes an Effect Which Proves the Prayer Spoken of in the Last [[tj-ic-ccel-07g|**Chapter VII**]] Describes the Grief Felt on Account of Their Sins by Souls on Whom God [[tj-ic-ccel-07h|**Chapter VIII**]] Speaks of the Manner in Which God Communicates with the Soul by [[tj-ic-ccel-07i|**Chapter IX**]] This Chapter Speaks of the Manner in Which God Communicates with the [[tj-ic-ccel-07j|**Chapter X**]] Speaks of Various Other Graces God Bestows on the Soul in Different [[tj-ic-ccel-07k|**Chapter XI**]] Treats of How God Inspires the Soul with Such Vehement and Impetuous ## The Seventh Mansions [[tj-ic-ccel-08|The Seventh Mansions]] [[tj-ic-ccel-08a|**Chapter I**]] Treats of the Sublime Favours God Bestows on Souls Which Have Entered the Seventh Mansions. The Author Shows the Difference She Believes to Exist Between Soul and Spirit Although They Are Both One. This Chapter Contains Some Noteworthy Things [[tj-ic-ccel-08b|**Chapter II**]] Treats of the Same Subject: Explains, by Some Delicately Drawn [[tj-ic-ccel-08c|**Chapter III**]] The Great Fruits Produced by the Above-mentioned Prayer. The Wonderful [[tj-ic-ccel-08d|**Chapter IV**]] The Conclusion Sets Forth What Appears to Be Our Lord's Principal Intention in Conferring These Sublime Favours on Souls, and Explains How Necessary It Is for Mary and Martha to Go Together. This Chapter Is Very Profitable [[tj-ic-ccel-09|Epilogue]] [[tj-ic-ccel-10|Indexes]] [[tj-ic-ccel-11|Publication Info]] --- ![[maps/bibliography#^biblio-tj-ic]] > [[tj-interior-castle-ccel|← Cover]] | [[tj-ic-ccel-00|Next →]]