Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila Vol1 Book

This book has Teresa's autobiography. It is very interesting but kind of wordy, lots of tangents, and reflections. It makes it sometimes hard to follow. Worth a read, but I read it along a biography which helped me track what was going on, without getting lost in her descriptions.

The vividness of her visions and experiences of prayer, makes this book a delight to read. The fact that her early confessors thought she was possessed shows their struggle to come to terms with a woman whose prayer life was unlike anything they had ever seen. She saw Jesus (or felt his presence) heard voices, fought off devils with holy water, had a vision of hell, levitated, and was frequently lost in contemplation of God.

Kind of makes you wonder what your impression of this woman would be if you met her