Overcome one day by a mystical vision of a cyrstal castle with six chambers, each representing a different stage in spiritual development, 16th century Saint Teresa of Avila immediately sat down and wrote "The Interior Castle". It guides the spiritual seeker through each stage of development until the soul's final union with the divine. Mirabai Starr's new translation places "The Interior Castle" in its contemporary context, reasserting its spiritual and literary importance almost 500 years after it was first published and also using language that the non-religous reader can understand.

Translated by: Mirabai Starr