\'The Interior Castle\' is a classic of Christian mysticism, written with some reluctance by its author, St Teresa of Avila.
The result was a book of great spiritual significance, in which she wrote of her vision of the human being as a crystal globe, containing seven mansions..
In 1577 she was instructed by her superiors to produce a work on prayer for her sisters in the order.
The saint spent most of her life as a Carmelite nun, and was noted for her piety and the frequency of her visions. \'The Interior Castle\' is a classic of Christian mysticism, written with some reluctance by its author, St Teresa of Avila