She also composed 31 poems and more than 450 letters. Teresa’s literary works include the Book of Her Life, an autobiography begun in 1562 and finished in 1565 The Way of Perfection (1562),which taught nuns the best way to pray Spiritual Relations (1563-79), a continuation of the Life’s description of her mystic experiences Book of the Foundations (1573-82), descriptions of her work establishing convents and The Interior Castle (1577), which describes the soul as a castle with seven concentric mansions or levels of spirituality. She died while visiting the duchess of Alba. JOHN of the cross, and impressed almost everyone with her piety and inner drive. She mentored younger individuals, including St. She went on to travel across Spain, founding more than a dozen convents and contributing to the establishment of two dozen more. In 1562 Teresa received permission to found the first Discalced Carmelite convent, which would observe a stricter rule. She began to have visions and noticed the ways in which the convent, with its relaxed rules, had become worldly.
During her slow recovery, she became more spiritual. She suffered severe pain, vomiting, and even partial paralysis. Against her father’s wishes, she reentered convent life and in 1536 became a Carmelite nun under the name Teresa de Jesus.
Jerome’s letters, Teresa began to fear purgatory and hell.
She was sent to stay with her uncle to speed her recovery.Īt the time, Spaniards such as Ignatius of LOYOLA were beginning to launch a Counter-Reformation against the activities of Martin luther and John calvin, while Spanish missionaries labored to convert Native Americans to Christianity. Teresa’s mother died in 1528, and in 1531 Teresa’s father sent her to stay in a convent, where she fell ill. As a child, Teresa loved novels of chivalry. Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada was born in the Spanish city of Avila, the third child of Alonso Sanchez de Cepeda and his second wife, Beatriz de Ahumada y Tapia.
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