{"product_id":"9780140440737-the-life-of-st-teresa-of-avila-by-herself","title":"The Life of St Teresa of Avila by Herself","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in the Castilian town of Avila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was twenty-one. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation - her spiritual enlightenment was intensified by many visions and mystical experiences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e  One of the most influential - and best loved - spiritual autobiographies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I beg anyone who reads this account to bear in mind, for the love of the Lord, how wicked my life has been'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in the Castilian town of Ávila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was twenty-one. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation - her spiritual enlightenment was intensified by many mystical experiences, including the piercing of her heart by a spear of divine love. She went on to found seventeen Carmelite monasteries throughout Spain, yet always denied her own saintliness. This frank account is one of the great stories of a religious life and, after Don Quixote, Spain's most widely read prose classic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated with an Introduction by J. M. Cohen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57195311235446,"sku":"9780140440737","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_35407037.jpg?v=1770098061","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780140440737-the-life-of-st-teresa-of-avila-by-herself","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}