Bibliograph

Teresa of Avila, the book of my life, translated by Mirabai Starr ; foreword by Tessa Bielecki

Type

Label

Teresa of Avila, the book of my life, translated by Mirabai Starr ; foreword by Tessa Bielecki

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Teresa of Avila

Oclc number

71552173

Responsibility statement

translated by Mirabai Starr ; foreword by Tessa Bielecki

Sub title

the book of my life

Table Of Contents

Induction -- Prologue -- My turbulent youth -- A child's passion for God -- Falling dangerously in love -- Our Lady of Grace -- Taking the habit -- Illness and patience -- Saint Joseph's cure -- Prisoner of the parlor -- Twenty years of turbulence -- Tears of conversion -- First favors -- The four waters -- The garden -- Lifting the bucket -- Joyful abandon -- The waterwheel -- The prayer of quiet -- The stream of holy madness -- The fragrance of virtue -- The prayer of union -- Divine rain -- Prayer of pain -- Advice to world leaders -- Sacred humanity -- Visions and voices -- A new life -- Resisting the gifts -- Spiritual voices -- A living book -- The perils of temperance -- His hands -- The beautiful wound -- Fire and water -- Holy water -- A glimpse of the underworld -- Divine disobedience -- Secret preparations -- Holy poverty -- Founding Saint Joseph's -- Divine friendship -- Flight of the spirit -- Beyond doubt -- Soul on fire -- Epilogue

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