Spanish Carmelite mystic and Doctor of the Church who wrote The Interior Castle and The Way of Perfection — founding 17 Carmelite convents — whose experiences of levitation, locutions, and mystical union are the most thoroughly self-analyzed in the Christian tradition.
Created the most psychologically sophisticated account of the stages of mystical prayer — The Interior Castle's seven mansions describe the soul's progressive purification and deepening union with God — combining practical organizational intelligence (17 convents) with the deepest mystical experience.
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