Bibliograph

The book of my life, Teresa of Ávila ; translated by Mirabai Starr ; foreword by Tessa Bielecki

Type

Label

The book of my life, Teresa of Ávila ; translated by Mirabai Starr ; foreword by Tessa Bielecki

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The book of my life

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

179834878

Responsibility statement

Teresa of Ávila ; translated by Mirabai Starr ; foreword by Tessa Bielecki

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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