Sep 05 2006
Sixth Mansions
The Love story continues as we enter the Sixth Mansions, wild and passionate, leading the soul very nearly into the depths of despair, and back up again to the heights of ecstasy. St. Teresa needs eleven chapters to describe it.
Yes, eleven.
This is where the betrothal occurs, where interior trials are at their worst, and where all sorts of “ordinary” and “extraordinary” phenomena transpire. Or not.
I really encourage you to read the book if you have time, since we cannot cover as many points here as St. Teresa did.
If you like, you can read it online, at Interior Castle .
I do want to highlight some areas of particular importance though, in what I will call, “Sixth Mansions Snippets”. How many there will be, or how long it will take, I cannot say.
The Wedding Day is approaching, but there are so many details still to iron out, so many tiffs, hurt feelings, misunderstandings and lovers’ secrets to get through first. But after all, doesn’t everyone just love a good Love story?
