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We trace Teresa of Avila’s move from lukewarm routine to fierce friendship with God, and how that interior shift powered a barefoot reform that reshaped the Carmelite Order. Mysticism meets practicality as we unpack the transverberation, the Interior Castle, and a simple path to deeper prayer.

• Spain’s social pressures and Teresa’s early zeal
• Grief, vanity, and the first stirrings of reform
• A hard-won conversion sparked by the wounded Christ
• Prayer as friendship rather than obligation
• Visions discerned with humility and obedience
• Founding the Discalced Carmelites amid opposition
• Partnership with John of the Cross
• The seven mansions of the Interior Castle
• The Way of Perfection as a practical guide
• Enduring legacy through pilgrimages, retreats, and resources

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