Second Mansions — perseverance

Hearing the call and returning inward

The Second Mansions represent perseverance amid distraction and the repeated choice to return toward prayer. Its shell is slightly nearer the centre to visualise inward movement, not to measure attention, willpower, or progress.

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

Point 2 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 Second Mansions describe the soul's struggle, perseverance, and response to the call toward prayer; the concentric placement is an editorial metaphor.

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