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Chapter 46

           

           SaintTeresaofAvila,thatmostmysticalofCatholicfigures,describedherunionwithGodasaphysicalascensionoflightthroughseveninner"mansions"ofherbeing,afterwhichsheburstintoGod’spresence.Sheusedtogointomeditativetrancessodeepthattheothernunscouldn’tfeelherpulseanymore.Shewouldbegherfellownunsnottotellanyonewhattheyhadwitnessed,asitwas"amostextraordinarythingandlikelytoarouseconsiderabletalk."(NottomentionapossibleinterviewwiththeInquisitor.)Themostdifficultchallenge,thesaintwroteinhermemoirs,wastonotstiruptheintellectduringmeditation,foranythoughtsofthemind-eventhemostferventprayers-willextinguishthefireofGod.Oncethetroublesomemind"beginstocomposespeechesanddreamuparguments,especiallyiftheseareclever,itwillsoonimagineitisdoingimportantwork."Butifyoucansurpassthosethoughts,Teresaexplained,andascendtowardGod,"itisagloriousbewilderment,aheavenlymadness,inwhichtruewisdomisacquired."UnknowinglyechoingthepoemsofthePersianSufimysticHafiz,whodemandedwhy,withaGodsowildlyloving,arewenotallscreamingdrunks,Teresacriedoutinherautobiographythat,ifthesedivineexperiencesweremeremadness,then"Ibeseechyou,Father,letusallbemad!"

           Then,inthenextsentencesofherbook,it’slikeshecatchesherbreath.

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