First Mansions — entering the castle

Awakening to the interior life

The First Mansions mark entry into Teresa's interior castle and the first recognition that the soul has an inward life. The outer shell is a visual boundary for that literary threshold, not a physical field surrounding the body or a judgement about a person's prayer.

First Mansions — entering the castleFirst Mansions — entering the castleSecond Mansions — perseveranceThird Mansions — ordered devotionFourth Mansions — recollectionFifth Mansions — transformationSixth Mansions — intimate encounterSeventh Mansions — spiritual marriageUnion — centre of the castle

Point 1 of 8 in Teresa of Ávila — Interior Castle Mystic Body

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Teresa of Ávila, Las Moradas (The Interior Castle) (primary_canonical)

The First Mansions introduce entry into the interior castle and the soul's distracted, newly awakened condition; the shell and body coordinate are editorial.

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