title: From Ash to Fire: A Contemporary Journey Through the Interior Castle of Teresa of Avila
author:  Carolyn Humphreys 
description: St. Teresa has inspired many books of commentary and I think Humphrey's book ranks with some of the best literary efforts of this era. -Sunelei Schulein O.C.D. Secular I found very interesting and useful. Its greatest appeal is the author's description at every stage of the human dimension the emotions psychological attitudes and behavior that accompany that stage.The reader will recognize him or herself in many of these profiles and be urged to move ahead or at least understand what is happening in one's own life and seeing it as part of God's plan.
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  # TERESA OF AVILA
  
  
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  _A Life from Beginning to End_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
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  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction](text00002.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Early Life and Loss](text00003.html#sigil_toc_id_1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Teresa’s Near-Fatal Illness](text00004.html#sigil_toc_id_2)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Mortification and Miracles](text00005.html#sigil_toc_id_3)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Death of Her Father](text00006.html#sigil_toc_id_4)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Visions and Visitations](text00007.html#sigil_toc_id_5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Convent of Saint Joseph](text00008.html#sigil_toc_id_6)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Facing Opposition](text00009.html#sigil_toc_id_7)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Spreading the Message](text00010.html#sigil_toc_id_8)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Interior Castle](text00011.html#sigil_toc_id_9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Conclusion](text00012.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Bibliography](text00013.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # Introduction
  
  
  Saint Teresa of Ávila is one of those historic figures th