The Interior Castle Sixth Mansions Chapter 11 – The Dart of Love - TOG Ep 164

About this episode

In this episode, Michael Norton explores Chapter 11 of Saint Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle, focusing on her intense experience of the fiery dart of love during a rapture.

In Tales of Glory episode 164, we are in chapter 11 of Saint Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle. Saint Teresa introduces us to one of her most intense experiences during a rapture: the fiery dart of love. Chapters 00:00:00 Show Opener 00:30:13 Introduction 00:08:34 Six Mansions Chapter XI Introduction 00:11:47 Review of the Mystical Experiences in the Sixth Mansions 00:27:15 Chapter XI Outline 00:28:12 I. Introducing a Deeper Rapture 00:28:46 1. Favors increase the soul’s desire for God. 00:30:50 2. The dart of love. 00:44:14 3. Spiritual sufferings produced. 00:45:23 II. Teresa's Own Experience with this Grace 00:46:18 4. Its physical effects. 00:54:22 5. Torture of the desire for God. 00:59:23 III. Intensity of These Trials 00:59:39 6. These sufferings are a purgatory. 01:00:57 7. The torments of hell. 01:05:34 8. St. Teresa’s painful desire after God. 01:11:48 IV. State of the Soul in the Grace 01:12:06 9. This suffering irresistible. 01:17:17 10. Effects of the dart of love. 01:21:55 11. Two spiritual dangers to life. 01:22:38 12. Courage needed here and given by our Lord. 01:26:26 Conclusion, closing comments and pontifications Opening show music - ⁠Meagan Wright - My…

Topics covered

• Saint Teresa of Avila
• Interior Castle
• spiritual experiences
• rapture
• love

Keywords

• mystical experiences
• spiritual sufferings
• desire for God
• purgatory
• spiritual dangers

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Interior Castle, Tales of Glory, the Mystical Experiences in the Sixth Mansions

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