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Contemplative Book Club
Tuesdays 4th March – 29th April 2025.
6:15 – 7:15pm.
Join us for a reflective reading of The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila (translated by Mirabai Starr).
No prior reading is necessary, as each week we’ll take turns reading from the book and pause to reflect on what’s speaking to us in that moment.
One of the most celebrated mystical texts in existence, it’s as timely today as when St. Teresa of Avila wrote it centuries ago.
Overcome one day by a mystical vision of a crystal castle with seven chambers, each representing a different stage in spiritual development, Teresa immediately wrote The Interior Castle.
Tracing the passage of the soul through each successive chamber, she draws a powerful picture of the path toward spiritual perfection. It is the most sublime and mature of Teresa’s works, offering profound and inspiring reflections on such subjects as self-knowledge, humility, detachment, and suffering.
Using simple language, Teresa guides the spiritual seeker through each stage of development until the soul’s final union with the Divine.
Free of religious dogma, this modern translation renders St. Teresa’s work a beautiful and practical set of teachings for seekers of all faiths in need of spiritual guidance.
Books are available from Amazon Australia.
(No prior reading is necessary, as each week we’ll take turns reading from the book and pause to reflect on what’s speaking to us in that moment.)
*** Feel free to come early and join in our daily meditation at 5:30pm ***
Previous Contemplative Book Club titles:
- ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’ by Viktor Frankl
- ‘The Untethered Soul’ by Michael Singer
- ‘Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics’ by Mirabai Starr
- ‘The Power of Now’ by Eckhart Tolle
FREE EVENT (Donations welcome)