{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/tic/tic34.htm","path":"chr/tic/tic34.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/tic/tic34.htm","text":"The Interior Castle, by St. Teresa of Avila, [1921]\nAbsalom, III. i. 6\nActs of praise, love, etc. IV. i. 7\nAgnes St., VI. v. 13\nAlcantara, St. Peter of, IV. iii. 5; VI. vi. 13\nAlva, Duchess of; VI. iv. 9; VII. i. 9, note 6\nAmber, VI. v. 2\nAnthony, St., VI. v. 9\nAntonius a Spiritu Sancto, IV. iii. I; VI. i. 5, 12, 18, iii. 5; iv. 17, VI. 11\nApostles, our Lord's prayer for, VII. ii. 10; sufferings of, VII. iv. 7\nAugustine, St., IV. iii. 3; VI. vii. 11\nAvila, Bl. John of; VI. ix. 11; St. Joseph's convent at, VI. vi. 14; VII. iv. conclusion\nAwe, produced by visions, VI. ix. 4\nBabe, likeness of; IV. iii. 9\nBa\u00f1ez, Fr. Dominic, VI. ix. 11\nBee, likeness of; I. ii. 9; V. ii. 2\nBeggar, likeness of; IV. iii. 5\nBeginners, II. i. passim\nBethsaida, the blind man at the pool of; I. i. 10\nBlindness, spiritual, VI. iv. 15\nBody, the setting of the diamond, I. i. 3; the outer walls of the Castle, I. i. 3; care of, III. ii. 9, 11; VI. iii. 12; strength of; not necessary in prayer of Union, V. i. 2; effect of prayer of Union on, V. i. 3\nBooks, spiritual insufficiency of, IV. iii. 4; use of; V. ii. 3\nBride, in the Canticle, V. i. 10; and Bridegroom, V. iv. 3\nButterfly, likeness of, V. ii. I, 2. 6, 7, 8; iv. I; VI. iv. 1, Vi. I, 3; xi. I; VII. iii. 1, 10\nCecilia, St., V. iv. 1\nCall, God's, to the soul, II. i. 4-6; IV. iii. 2, 3\nCarelessness in prayer, I. i. 9\nCarmel, our Lady of; Preface, p. 36; III. i. 5; Order of, Constitutions, I. ii. 7; V. i. 2; Rule of, VI. vi. 7\nCarmelite nuns, discalced, Preface, p. 36; I. i. 9; VI. vi. 14\nCastle, Interior, Preface, argument, p. 35; I. i. 2, 3, ii. I; VI. iii. 27, iv. 17; description, I. ii. 8; entrance to, I. i. 7; foundation of, VII. iv. 13; prayer and meditation, I. i. 9, 11; precincts of, I. i. 10\nCaterpillar, likeness of, V. ii. 6\nCellar of wine, V. i. 10, ii. 11\nCertitude of the soul, a sign of union, V. i. 8, 9\nChanges wrought in the soul by prayer of Union, V. ii. 7, 10, 12\nCharity, works of; only remedy in times of darkness, VI. i. 24; effect of spiritual matrimony, VII. iv. 16-23\nChrist's face, VI. ix. 12; sufferings, our pains joined to, V. ii. 4\nChurch, holy Roman Catholic, Preface, p. 36; VII. iv. conclusion; love of, IV. i. 7\nClearness, a sign that locutions come from God, VI. iii. 20\nCommunion, holy, VII. ii. 1\nComplaints, loving, VI. ii. 3\nConfession, regular, V. ii. 3\nConfessor, to be consulted on locutions, VI. iii. 18; and on visions, VI. ix. 10; if mistaken, VI. viii. 10, 11; timorous, VI. i. 15-19\nConfidence, II. i. 17\nConfirmation in grace, VII. ii. 13\nConformity with the will of God, II. i. 15; III. ii. 5, 8; VI. xi. 5.\nConsolations, divine (prayer of Quiet), III. ii. 13; IV. i. 4, 5, ii. 2, 4, 5, 6, iii. 7; earthly, no use, VI. i. 22\nContempt, III. ii. 6; for earthly things, an effect of raptures, VI. V. 13\nContradiction, by good people, VI. i. 5\nCourage, necessary, II. i. 13; III. ii. 10; VI. i. 2, 3, iv. I, V. 7, 14.\nCross, II. i. 15; necessary in prayer of Union, V. ii. 8; of saints, VII. iv. 7\nCrystal, I. i. 2, ii. 3, 4\nDarkness, dispelled by God, VI. i. 20; different kinds of, I. ii. I. VII. i. 4\nDavid, King, III. i. 6; VI. x. 5; VII. iv. 5, 15\nDeaf-mutes, II. i. 3, 6\nDeception, fear of, VI. i. 16; satanic, V. iv. 5, 6, 7; where impossible, VI. ii. 9-12\nDefects, impeding union, V. iii. 6\nDesires, of death, VI. xi. 9; VII. iii. 14; generous, IV. i. 7; to serve God, better than visions, etc., VI. ix. 20, 2 i; VII. iii. 5; of suffering, VII. iii. 4; sometimes to be checked, VI. vi. 5; to see God, VI. vii. 3\nDetachment, III. i. 13, ii. 7\nDetraction, I. ii. 22\nDevil, I. ii. 2; like a file, I. ii. 19 deceives by false favours, IV. iii. 10-13; V. ii. 8; a good painter, VI. ix. 11; unable to interfere in prayer of Union, V. i. 6.; and in intellectual visions, VI. x. i; wiles of, I. ii. 13, 18, 20; II, i. 11; IV. iii. 10; VI. i. 25\nDevotion, sensible, see Sweetness in prayer\nDiamond, soul likened to, I. i.2, 3\nDilatation of heart, IV. i. 5, ii. 5\nDirection necessary, II. i. 18; III. ii. 18\nDirectors, learned and unlearned, V. i. 7; VI. i. 16-19\nDistractions, in prayer, I. i. 10; IV. i. 10, 11\nDominic, St., V. iv. 4; VII. iv. 16\nDove, soul likened to, V. iii. 1; iv. I; VI. ii. I, xi. I\nDrowsiness, V. i. 3, 5\nDryness, in prayer, III. i. 9, 10, 15\nEaster, trance on the feast of, VI. xi. 8.\nEcstasies, rare in Seventh Mansions, VII. iii. 10\nElias, St., VI. vii. 10; VII. iv. 16\nEnergy, III. ii. 10, 11\nEnriquez, Do\u00f1a Maria, VI. iv. 9; VII. i. 9\nEntering within oneself; IV. iii. I, 3, 4\nEnvy, spiritual, I. i. 5\nEspousals, spiritual, V. iv. 1-3; VI. ii. 1, iv. i; difference between, and matrimony, VII. ii. 2, 4\nExclamations, VII. ii. 7\nExterior works do not interfere with interior life, VII. iii. 3\nFaculties, given to be used, IV. iii. 6; suspension of, VI. iv. 17\nFaults, slight, V. iv. 6\nFavours, divine, not to be disbelieved, I. i. 6.; value of; III, ii. 16, 17; how to be used, IV. iii. 9, 10; false, IV. iii. 11, 12; V. ii. 8; distinction from divine, IV. iii. 12\nFear of illusions, VI. ix. 8\nFerrer, St. Vincent, VII. iv. 16\nFervour, supernatural, VI. ii. 14; VII. iv. 14\nFile, devil likened to a, I. ii. 19\nFire of burning coal, God likened to, VI. ii. 6\nFlight of the spirit, IV. i. 10; VI. v. I, 2, 8, 10-13\nFrancis, St., V. iv. 4; VI. vi. 12; VII. iv. 16\nFraternal charity, V. iii. 11, 12\nFretting under trials, III. ii. I, 2\nFriendship, spiritual, II. i. 12\nFuente, Don Vicente de, VII. ii. 7\nGaze, the simple, VI. vii. 14\nGedeon, II. i. 13\nGive all to God, V. i. 3\nGod compels the soul to listen when He speaks, VI. iii. 27\nGod's special care of souls most advanced, VII. iii. 8\nGonzalez, Giles, VII. i. 9\nGratian, Father Jerome, I. ii. 21; IV. i. 11; V. i. 9\nGrief; natural and supernatural, V. ii. 11, 13, iii. 7\nHart, wounded, VII. iii. 12\nHeathen philosophers, V. iii. 7\nHell, VI. xi. 7; fear of, lost, VI. vii. 4; torments of, milder than those of the last Judgment, VI. ix. 4\nHuman praise and blame alike troublesome, VI. i. 7-11\nHumanity, sacred of our Lord, meditation on, VI. vii. 6-19; vision of, VI. ix. 2; VII.\nHumility, effect of supernatural favours, VI. iii. 25; v. 5, ix. 9; false, I. ii. II, 12; always necessary, I. ii. 9, 10, 12; III. i. 13, 15, ii. 3, 8; IV. ii. 8; from vision of a soul in mortal sin, I. ii. 5; want of I. 15; III. ii. 12; humility and truth, VI. x. 6\nHysteria, see Melancholia\nIgnatius of Loyola, St., V. iv. 4\nIgnorance, injurious, IV. i. 9, 13; of a priest, V. i. 7, 9\nImagination, IV. i. 8-10, iii. 13; VI. i. 1; difference between it and visions, VI. ix. 5, 6; locutions proceeding from, VI. iii. 16, 17\nImitation of Christ, I. i. 8; II. i. 8; V. i. 3, iii. 3; VII. iv. 7, 12\nImpulses, VI. ii. 12, xi. per totem.\nIncense, spiritual, IV. ii. 6; VI. ii. 14\nInebriation, spiritual, VI. iv. 18, 19, vi. 15\nInsecurity, III. i. 3\nIntellectual locutions, VI. iii. 19-24\nInterior Castle, see Castle Isabel of Jesus, VI. xi. 8\nJacob, VI. iv. 6\nJerome, St., VI. ix. 4\nJesus, I. ii. 4; ever our guide, VI. vii. 7, 8; our model, I. ii. 12; His Passion, V. ii. VI. vii. 8, 9\nJewels, V. i. 2; VI. iv. 9, v. 13, ix. I.\nJohn of Avila, Blessed, VI. ix. 11 n.\nJohn of the Cross, St., I. i. 2, 4; IV. I, 3, iii. 3, 6; V. i. 6, 9; VI. ii. 3, 14, iii. 5, 7 sqq., iv. 21, v. 2, vii. 8, 10, viii. 3. ix. 20 xi. 4, 6; VII. i. 13, ii. 13\nJonas, prophet, V. iii. 6. 14\nJordan, river, VI. vi. 3\nJosue, VI. iii. 27\nJoy at seeing locutions fulfilled, VI. iii. 13\nJubilation, I. ii. 5; VI. vi. 11-1 5\nJudas, V. iii. 2, iv. 5\nJudgment, last, VI. ix. 4\nKernel of palmito, I. ii. 8\nKiss of the Bridegroom, VII. iii. 12\nLazarus, V. iii. 5\nLeon, Fray Luis de, III. i. 3; VII. ii. 7\nLiberty of spirit, I. ii. 9\nLight, I. ii. 15; supernatural, VI. v. 8\nLikeness of Christ, VI. ix. 11\nLizards, V. i. 5\nLocutions, VI. iii. per totum; 'Be not troubled,' ib. 7; VI. iv. 21; 'It is I,' VI. iii. 8, viii. 3, 4; 'Be at peace,' VI. iii. 8; VII. ii. 2; 'To care for God's affairs,' VII. 11. I, iii. 1\nLoss of highly favoured souls, IV. iii. 10\nLot's wife, I. i. 8\nLove of enemies, VI. i. 12; of God, IV. i. 7; V. iii. 7, 8; of neighbour, V. iii. 7, 8\nLudolf of Saxony, VI. ix. 4\nLutherans, VII. iv. conclusion\nMansions, I. i. 2, 4, ii. 4, 8, 15; VII. iv. conclusion\nMartha, VII. i. 14, iv. 17\nMartin, St., VI. vi. 6\nMary, Blessed Virgin, our help, I. ii. 14; meditation on, VI. vii. 8; sufferings of, VII. iv. 7\nMary Magdalen, St., I. i. 5; VI. vii. 5, xi. 1 2; VII. i. 14, ii. 9, iv. i6-20\nMatrimony, spiritual, VII. I, 7, ii. per totum; difference between, and Espousals, VII. ii. 2; effects of, VII. iv. 10 sqq.; in this state soul free from sin, VII. iv. 3; and confirmed in grace, VII. ii. 13\nMeditation, VI. vii. 11-13\nMelancholia, (hysteria), III. i 9; IV. ii. 1, 2; VI. i. 15, iii. 2, 3, vi. 7, 15\nMemento, VI. iv. 14\nMendoza, Don Alvaro de, VII. iii. 4\nMoses, VI. iv. 7\nMount Carmel, see Carmel\nMusic, VII. iii. 10\nMysteries, revealed during raptures, VI. iv. 10, 12, 13\nNoe's Ark, VII. iii. 12\nNuptials, spiritual, see Matrimony\nObedience, preface, p. 3 5; I. i. 1; III. i. 4, ii. 18\nObligations, of a soul enraptured, VI. v. 4; on account of intellectual visions, VI. viii. 8\nOdour, supernatural, VI. ii. 14\nOlive branch, VII. iii. 12\nPadranos, Fr. Juan de, VI. viii. 3\nPalace, God likened to, VI. x. 3; VII. ii. 15\nPalmito, I. ii. 8\nPassion of Christ, V. ii. 13; becomes the property of the soul, VI. v. 6; meditation on, VI. vii. 8, 9, 13-15\nPaul, St., I. i. 5; III. i. 13; VI. vii. 5, ix. 7; VII. i. 8, ii. 6, iv. 7; (hermit) VI. v. 9\nPeace, II. i. 16; following upon Spiritual Matrimony, VII. ii. 10, 13, iii. 9, 13; 'Peace be with you,' V. i. 10; VII. ii. 2\nPenances, indiscreet, I. ii. 19.; too discreet, III. ii. 9\nPerfection, true, I. ii. 20\nPerfume, IV. ii. 6; VI. ii. 14\nPerseverance, II. i. 17, 18; III. i. 1\nPeter, St., III. i. 13; VI. vii. 5; VII. iv. 8\nPhoenix, VI. iv. 3\nPhilippus a Ss. Trinitate, IV. i. 3, ii. 8, iii. 1; V. i. 8, iii. 4, iv. 3; VI. i. 18, iv. 3 sqq., v. 2, 10, vi. 11\nPictures, holy, VII. iii. 10\nPilate, VI. x. 5\nPrayer, St. Teresa's writings on, Preface, p. 36; books on, I. i. 8; IV. iii. 4, 5; no difference between vocal and mental, I. i 9; talking inconsiderately to God is not prayer, I. i. 9; need of guidance in, I. ii. 7; II. i. 18; perseverance in, II. i. 19; prayer and mortification a great work, VII. iv. 22\nPreparation for prayer of Union, V. ii. 4, 5\nPresence, spiritual of our Lord, VI. viii. 2-6; VII. iii. 5, 7; of Saints, ib. 7; of the Blessed Trinity, VII. i. 9-13\nPresence chamber, God's, VII. i. 3, 7\nPrioress, advice to, IV. iii. 12; VI. iii. 2, vii. 16, viii. 11, 12\nProphecies, VI. iii. 11, 12\nPurgatory, VI. xi. 6\nQuiet, prayer of, IV. iii. 7; different from prayer of Union, V. i. 5. See also Consolations, divine\nRaptures, VI. iv. per totum; effects of, VI. vi. i; false, IV. iii. 11; VI. iv. 22; rare in Seventh Mansion, VII. iii. 10 Recollection, prayer of, IV. iii. 1, 3, 4; different from prayer of Quiet, IV. iii. 7\nReptiles, I. i. 11, II. ii. 15; II. i. 16; IV. i. 3; VII. ii. 15, iv, 1\nRiver of living waters, I. ii. 1, 3\nSacrament, Blessed, V. i. 9\nSamaritan woman, VI. xi. 5\nSaul, king, V. iii. 2; VI. ix. 18\nSchram, Dom, VI. iii. 10; viii. 10\nSearch for God, VI. vii. 11\nSecrecy of raptures, VI. iv. 20, 21, viii. 12\nSecurity, III. i. 1, 2\nSelf-knowledge, I. ii. 9-11; IV. i.\n13; V. iv. 8; VI. V. 12\nSenses, I, ii. 4; IV. iii. 1; VI, iv. 17\nSepulchre, V. i. 10\nSermons, V. ii. 3; VII. 10\nSeville, III. ii. 10\nSiena, St. Catharine of; VI. v. 2\nSilkworm, likeness of, V. ii. 1-6; 5\nSin, mortal, I. ii. 1-3; committed under the very eyes of God, VI. x. 2, 3\nSinners in prison, VII. i. 4, 5\nSlaves of Christ, VII. iv. 12; of our neighbour, VII. iv. 13\nSleep of the soul in prayer of Union, V. i. 3\nSolitude, desire of, VI. vi. 1, 2\nSolomon, III. i. 6; VII. iii. 9, IV. 4\nSorrow for sins increasing with graces, VI. vii. 1-5\nSoul likened to a castle, I. i, 2; to a crystal, I. ii. 3; to a garden, I. i. 2; to a ship, VI. v. 3; dignity of, I. i. 3; a soul that does not pray is lame, I. i. 8; soul in mortal sin, I. ii. 1-5; VII. i. 4-6; the soul and its faculties, VII. i. 15, 16\nSpark from the fire of God, VI. ii. 6, 7\nStandstill in virtue, V. iv. 10\nStruggles, interior, II. i. 9, 10\nSufferings, bodily, VI. i. 13, 14\nSun, source of light, I. ii. I, 3-5, 8\nSweetness in prayer, (sensible devotion), IV. i. 4-7, ii. 4.\nTears, IV. i. 4, 6; V. ii. 9; VI. vi. 6, 9\nTemptations, advantages of, IV. i. 3; particularly fierce before Espousals, V. iv. 4, 7\nTeresa, St., consoled by Christ, VI. v. 6; cures a melancholy nun, IV. iii. 12; desires death, VI. vii. 3; desires others to serve God better, V. iii. 2; her experience in spiritual matters, V. i. 7, iv. 4; feels no pain during ecstasies, IV. i. 11; feels presence of our Lord, VI. viii. 2-5; of the Saints, ib. 7; former mistakes, VI. vii. 18, 19; suffers from headaches, Preface, pp. 35, 36; IV. i. 10; never suffered from hysteria, IV. ii. 2; locutions, vide sub voce; has more light now than formerly, I. ii. 7; IV. i. i, ii. 6; praises God for favours bestowed on others, III. ii. 16; profits by vision of a soul in mortal sin, I. ii. 1, 2, 5, VII. i. 4; by heavenly visions, VII. i. 14; her raptures, vide sub voce; readiness to suffer, VI. xi, 10; self-disparagement, Preface, p. 37; I. ii. 7; III. i. 4, 5, 7; submits her writings to the judgment of the Church, Preface, p. 36; VII. iv. conclusion; suffers at the sight of sin, V. ii. 13; transverberation, VI. xi. 2, 4, 8; is troubled by turmoil of thoughts, IV. 18; troubles she went through, VI, i. 5-27; vi. 1, viii. 12; her visions, VI. ix. 20; VII. 1; of the Blessed Trinity, VII. i. 9 sqq; wound of love, VI. ii. 9; writings, Preface, p. 36; I. ii. 6, 7; V. iv. 12\nTheriac, II. i. 16\nThomas Aquinas, St., V. i. 6; VI. v. 8\nToledo, St. Joseph's convent at, Preface, p. 36\nTortoise, IV. iii. 4.\nTrance, false, IV. iii. 11, 12; VI. iv. 22; at Easter, VI. xi. 8\nTransverberation, VI. xi. 2, 4, 8\nTree of life, I. ii. I, 3\nTrinity, Blessed, feast of, Preface, p. 36; vision of, VII. i. 9; presence of, VII. i. 9-13\nTroubles preceding perfect union, VI. i. 3-20\nUnderstanding, IV. i. 8\nUnion, prayer of; different from prayer of Quiet, V. i. 5; leads to Espousals, V. iv. 2; with vanities of the world, V. i. 6, 7; with the Will of God, V. iii. 5-8\nUrsula, St., V. iv. 4\nVelasquez, Don Alonso, VII, 13\nVirtues, real and imaginary, V. iii. 9, 10\nVisions, corporal, St. Teresa never saw one, VI. ix. 3; imaginary, VI. iv. 6, v. 9, ix, per totem; intellectual, VI. iv. 10, 11; v. 9; viii. per totem; x, per totum; not to be sought or wished for, VI. ix. 13-19; of a soul in mortal sin. I. ii. 2, 5\nWatchfulness, III. i. 2; V. iv. 8, 9\nWater, spiritual, I. ii, 3; IV. ii. 3, 4, 8; iii. 8; VI. v. 3; xi, 5; VII. ii. 8, 13\nWax, soul likened to, V. ii, 11, 12; wax candles, VII. ii. 5\nWill of God, union with, V. iii. 4, 5; VI. xi. 5\nWorks, good, II. i. 20; III. i, 12, 14, ii. 1 5; V. iii. 11; VI, i. 24; VII. iv. 17-24\nWorld, persons in the, III. i. 8, 9; ii. 4, 5\nWorldliness, I. ii, i 6, 17; II. i, 7\nWound of love, VI. ii. 2-12; xi. 2-4, 10-12\nZeal, indiscreet, I. ii. 19, 21; III. ii. 19\nZebedee, sons of; VI, xi. 12","title":"The Interior Castle: Index","type":"page"}