Mystic bodies and ascetic souls. Adjustments of the spirit in Teresa of Avila's experience (1515-1582)

Mònica Balltondre

doi:https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/athenead/v0n16.676

Mystic bodies and ascetic souls. Adjustments of the spirit in Teresa of Avila's experience (1515-1582)

Mònica Balltondre

Department of Basics, Developmental and Educational Psychology

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Abstract

The present Ph.D. dissertation focuses on the anthropological roots involved in the Hispanic female mystic spiritualism of the Sixteenth-Century. Through Teresa of Avila's writings, I analyze some mystic and spiritual meanings concerning the experiences of her body and her soul. Teresa of Avila worked in a spiritual path as a way for constructing a proper self. I inquire into the role that her relationship with a transcendental being played in the construction of herself. I also explored Teresa of Avila's spiritual administration of the reformed Carmelite monastic order, concerning the body and soul training of her community's nuns. In her recommendations and explicit explanations we can find rich material which helps us to understand some categorizations and practices that shaped a certain modern self.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	165-171
Journal	Athenea Digital: Revista de Pensamiento e Investigacion Social
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/athenead/v0n16.676
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2009

Keywords

Modern self
Mystical history
Sixteenth-Century
Teresa of Avila
Woman's spirituality

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