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NET EOBS TAT Dom Justinus McCann O.S.B.
RE-IMPRIMATUR Caro.us J. Cronin, S.T.D. Vic. Gen. Birmingamiae, die Feb. 25, 1930.
Made and printed in Great Britain
THE INTERIOR CASTLE PELE MANSIONS
TRANSLATED FROM THE AUTOGRAPH OF SAINT TERESA OF JESUS BY A BENEDICTINE OF STANBROOK
Revised and annotated with Introduction by the
VERY REV. PRIOR ZIMMERMAN, OED:
FOURTH EDITION COLLATED WITH THE NEW BURGOS EDITION
LONDON: THOMAS BAKER. MCMXXxX All rights reserved
DEDICATED TO THE MARTYRED DAUGHTERS OF SAINT TERESA THE BLESSED MARTYRS OF COMPIEGNE BY THE DESCENDANTS OF THEIR FELLOW-PRISONERS
STANBROOK ABBEY Day of the Beatification May 27, 1906
The Benediétines of Stanbrook desire to express their gratitude to the Very Rev. Beneditt Zimmerman for having kindly revised the translation of the ‘ Interior Castle’ and also for the Introduction, Notes, and Index which he has added to the book.
NOTE
N this new edition the wording has been revised
and condensed, chiefly with a view to rendering the translation more pregnant. Only one passage (VI. Mansion, ch. v. 13) has been substantially changed, inconformity with an explanation received from a high authority. It is admittedly a very dif- ficult passage which appears to have been misunder- stood by nearly all translators; but it is gratifying to notice that the new French translation by the Carmelite nuns of Anderlecht agrees with our interpretation. The editor is under an obligation to that translation for several interestin g facts embodied in the Introduction and in the notes to the text.
BZ.
WINCANTON
Dec. 25, 1911
CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION : : ? : : 2 ix
THE INTERIOR CASTLE
PREFACE : . : ‘ : : : I
THE FIRST MANSIONS Cuapter I. Description of the Castle : 4 » Ll. The Human Soul f c : II
THE SECOND MANSIONS Cuapter I. War ; , ; Slay « 25
THE THIRD MANSIONS Cuapter I. Fear of God ; : ; 36 » IL. Aridity in Prayer : : ; 44
THE FOURTH MANSIONS
Cuaprer I. Sweetness in Prayer. : ; $4 », Il. Divine Consolations . 5 : 64. me lie Prayer of Quiet i j 70
vii
Vill CONTENTS THE FIFTH MANSIONS
PAGE
Cuapter I. Prayer of Union : ; ; 85 » Il. Effects of Union : : : 95