Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582) is one of the most beloved from the Catholic saints. In 1562, through the era from the Spanish Inquisition, Teresa sat right down to compose an account from the mystical experiences that she got become famous. The result was this book, among the great classics of spiritual autobiography. With this fresh translation from the Book of MY ENTIRE LIFE, Mirabai Starr brings the inimitable Spanish mystic to life for a new generation, with modern English that mirrors Teresa’s have earthy, vernacular Spanish, and that presents us with–four hundreds of years after Teresa’s death–someone we experience we realize: a woman intoxicated with God however filled with an overflowing appreciate for the world.