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Absalom, III. i. 6
Acts of praise, love, etc. IV. i. 7
Agnes St., VI. v. 13
Alcantara, St. Peter of, IV. iii. 5; VI. vi. 13
Alva, Duchess of; VI. iv. 9; VII. i. 9, note 6
Amber, VI. v. 2
Anthony, St., VI. v. 9
Antonius a Spiritu Sancto, IV. iii. I; VI. i. 5, 12, 18, iii. 5; iv. 17, VI. 11
Apostles, our Lord's prayer for, VII. ii. 10; sufferings of, VII. iv. 7
Augustine, St., IV. iii. 3; VI. vii. 11
Avila, Bl. John of; VI. ix. 11; St. Joseph's convent at, VI. vi. 14; VII. iv. conclusion
Awe, produced by visions, VI. ix. 4
Babe, likeness of; IV. iii. 9
Bañez, Fr. Dominic, VI. ix. 11
Bee, likeness of; I. ii. 9; V. ii. 2
Beggar, likeness of; IV. iii. 5
Beginners, II. i. passim
Bethsaida, the blind man at the pool of; I. i. 10
Blindness, spiritual, VI. iv. 15
Body, the setting of the diamond, I. i. 3; the outer walls of the Castle, I. i. 3; care of, III. ii. 9, 11; VI. iii. 12; strength of; not necessary in prayer of Union, V. i. 2; effect of prayer of Union on, V. i. 3
Books, spiritual insufficiency of, IV. iii. 4; use of; V. ii. 3
Bride, in the Canticle, V. i. 10; and Bridegroom, V. iv. 3
Butterfly, likeness of, V. ii. I, 2. 6, 7, 8; iv. I; VI. iv. 1, Vi. I, 3; xi. I; VII. iii. 1, 10
Cecilia, St., V. iv. 1
Call, God's, to the soul, II. i. 4-6; IV. iii. 2, 3
Carelessness in prayer, I. i. 9
Carmel, our Lady of; Preface, p. 36; III. i. 5; Order of, Constitutions, I. ii. 7; V. i. 2; Rule of, VI. vi. 7
Carmelite nuns, discalced, Preface, p. 36; I. i. 9; VI. vi. 14
Castle, Interior, Preface, argument, p. 35; I. i. 2, 3, ii. I; VI. iii. 27, iv. 17; description, I. ii. 8; entrance to, I. i. 7; foundation of, VII. iv. 13; prayer and meditation, I. i. 9, 11; precincts of, I. i. 10
Caterpillar, likeness of, V. ii. 6
Cellar of wine, V. i. 10, ii. 11
Certitude of the soul, a sign of union, V. i. 8, 9
Changes wrought in the soul by prayer of Union, V. ii. 7, 10, 12
Charity, works of; only remedy in times of darkness, VI. i. 24; effect of spiritual matrimony, VII. iv. 16-23
Christ's face, VI. ix. 12; sufferings, our pains joined to, V. ii. 4
Church, holy Roman Catholic, Preface, p. 36; VII. iv. conclusion; love of, IV. i. 7
Clearness, a sign that locutions come from God, VI. iii. 20
Communion, holy, VII. ii. 1
Complaints, loving, VI. ii. 3
Confession, regular, V. ii. 3
Confessor, to be consulted on locutions, VI. iii. 18; and on visions, VI. ix. 10; if mistaken, VI. viii. 10, 11; timorous, VI. i. 15-19
Confidence, II. i. 17
Confirmation in grace, VII. ii. 13
Conformity with the will of God, II. i. 15; III. ii. 5, 8; VI. xi. 5.
Consolations, divine (prayer of Quiet), III. ii. 13; IV. i. 4, 5, ii. 2, 4, 5, 6, iii. 7; earthly, no use, VI. i. 22
Contempt, III. ii. 6; for earthly things, an effect of raptures, VI. V. 13
Contradiction, by good people, VI. i. 5
Courage, necessary, II. i. 13; III. ii. 10; VI. i. 2, 3, iv. I, V. 7, 14.
Cross, II. i. 15; necessary in prayer of Union, V. ii. 8; of saints, VII. iv. 7
Crystal, I. i. 2, ii. 3, 4
Darkness, dispelled by God, VI. i. 20; different kinds of, I. ii. I. VII. i. 4
David, King, III. i. 6; VI. x. 5; VII. iv. 5, 15
Deaf-mutes, II. i. 3, 6
Deception, fear of, VI. i. 16; satanic, V. iv. 5, 6, 7; where impossible, VI. ii. 9-12
Defects, impeding union, V. iii. 6
Desires, of death, VI. xi. 9; VII. iii. 14; generous, IV. i. 7; to serve God, better than visions, etc., VI. ix. 20, 2 i; VII. iii. 5; of suffering, VII. iii. 4; sometimes to be checked, VI. vi. 5; to see God, VI. vii. 3
Detachment, III. i. 13, ii. 7
Detraction, I. ii. 22
Devil, I. ii. 2; like a file, I. ii. 19 deceives by false favours, IV. iii. 10-13; V. ii. 8; a good painter, VI. ix. 11; unable to interfere in prayer of Union, V. i. 6.; and in intellectual visions, VI. x. i; wiles of, I. ii. 13, 18, 20; II, i. 11; IV. iii. 10; VI. i. 25
Devotion, sensible, see Sweetness in prayer
Diamond, soul likened to, I. i.2, 3
Dilatation of heart, IV. i. 5, ii. 5
Direction necessary, II. i. 18; III. ii. 18
Directors, learned and unlearned, V. i. 7; VI. i. 16-19
Distractions, in prayer, I. i. 10; IV. i. 10, 11
Dominic, St., V. iv. 4; VII. iv. 16
Dove, soul likened to, V. iii. 1; iv. I; VI. ii. I, xi. I
Drowsiness, V. i. 3, 5
Dryness, in prayer, III. i. 9, 10, 15
Easter, trance on the feast of, VI. xi. 8.
Ecstasies, rare in Seventh Mansions, VII. iii. 10
Elias, St., VI. vii. 10; VII. iv. 16
Energy, III. ii. 10, 11
Enriquez, Doña Maria, VI. iv. 9; VII. i. 9
Entering within oneself; IV. iii. I, 3, 4
Envy, spiritual, I. i. 5
Espousals, spiritual, V. iv. 1-3; VI. ii. 1, iv. i; difference between, and matrimony, VII. ii. 2, 4
Exclamations, VII. ii. 7
Exterior works do not interfere with interior life, VII. iii. 3
Faculties, given to be used, IV. iii. 6; suspension of, VI. iv. 17
Faults, slight, V. iv. 6
Favours, divine, not to be disbelieved, I. i. 6.; value of; III, ii. 16, 17; how to be used, IV. iii. 9, 10; false, IV. iii. 11, 12; V. ii. 8; distinction from divine, IV. iii. 12
Fear of illusions, VI. ix. 8
Ferrer, St. Vincent, VII. iv. 16
Fervour, supernatural, VI. ii. 14; VII. iv. 14
File, devil likened to a, I. ii. 19
Fire of burning coal, God likened to, VI. ii. 6
Flight of the spirit, IV. i. 10; VI. v. I, 2, 8, 10-13
Francis, St., V. iv. 4; VI. vi. 12; VII. iv. 16
Fraternal charity, V. iii. 11, 12
Fretting under trials, III. ii. I, 2
Friendship, spiritual, II. i. 12
Fuente, Don Vicente de, VII. ii. 7
Gaze, the simple, VI. vii. 14
Gedeon, II. i. 13
Give all to God, V. i. 3
God compels the soul to listen when He speaks, VI. iii. 27
God's special care of souls most advanced, VII. iii. 8
Gonzalez, Giles, VII. i. 9
Gratian, Father Jerome, I. ii. 21; IV. i. 11; V. i. 9
Grief; natural and supernatural, V. ii. 11, 13, iii. 7
Hart, wounded, VII. iii. 12
Heathen philosophers, V. iii. 7
Hell, VI. xi. 7; fear of, lost, VI. vii. 4; torments of, milder than those of the last Judgment, VI. ix. 4
Human praise and blame alike troublesome, VI. i. 7-11
Humanity, sacred of our Lord, meditation on, VI. vii. 6-19; vision of, VI. ix. 2; VII.
Humility, effect of supernatural favours, VI. iii. 25; v. 5, ix. 9; false, I. ii. II, 12; always necessary, I. ii. 9, 10, 12; III. i. 13, 15, ii. 3, 8; IV. ii. 8; from vision of a soul in mortal sin, I. ii. 5; want of I. 15; III. ii. 12; humility and truth, VI. x. 6
Hysteria, see Melancholia
Ignatius of Loyola, St., V. iv. 4
Ignorance, injurious, IV. i. 9, 13; of a priest, V. i. 7, 9
Imagination, IV. i. 8-10, iii. 13; VI. i. 1; difference between it and visions, VI. ix. 5, 6; locutions proceeding from, VI. iii. 16, 17
Imitation of Christ, I. i. 8; II. i. 8; V. i. 3, iii. 3; VII. iv. 7, 12
Impulses, VI. ii. 12, xi. per totem.
Incense, spiritual, IV. ii. 6; VI. ii. 14
Inebriation, spiritual, VI. iv. 18, 19, vi. 15
Insecurity, III. i. 3
Intellectual locutions, VI. iii. 19-24
Interior Castle, see Castle Isabel of Jesus, VI. xi. 8
Jacob, VI. iv. 6
Jerome, St., VI. ix. 4
Jesus, I. ii. 4; ever our guide, VI. vii. 7, 8; our model, I. ii. 12; His Passion, V. ii. VI. vii. 8, 9
Jewels, V. i. 2; VI. iv. 9, v. 13, ix. I.
John of Avila, Blessed, VI. ix. 11 n.
John of the Cross, St., I. i. 2, 4; IV. I, 3, iii. 3, 6; V. i. 6, 9; VI. ii. 3, 14, iii. 5, 7 sqq., iv. 21, v. 2, vii. 8, 10, viii. 3. ix. 20 xi. 4, 6; VII. i. 13, ii. 13
Jonas, prophet, V. iii. 6. 14
Jordan, river, VI. vi. 3
Josue, VI. iii. 27
Joy at seeing locutions fulfilled, VI. iii. 13
Jubilation, I. ii. 5; VI. vi. 11-1 5
Judas, V. iii. 2, iv. 5
Judgment, last, VI. ix. 4
Kernel of palmito, I. ii. 8
Kiss of the Bridegroom, VII. iii. 12
Lazarus, V. iii. 5
Leon, Fray Luis de, III. i. 3; VII. ii. 7
Liberty of spirit, I. ii. 9
Light, I. ii. 15; supernatural, VI. v. 8
Likeness of Christ, VI. ix. 11
Lizards, V. i. 5
Locutions, VI. iii. per totum; 'Be not troubled,' ib. 7; VI. iv. 21; 'It is I,' VI. iii. 8, viii. 3, 4; 'Be at peace,' VI. iii. 8; VII. ii. 2; 'To care for God's affairs,' VII. 11. I, iii. 1
Loss of highly favoured souls, IV. iii. 10
Lot's wife, I. i. 8
Love of enemies, VI. i. 12; of God, IV. i. 7; V. iii. 7, 8; of neighbour, V. iii. 7, 8
Ludolf of Saxony, VI. ix. 4
Lutherans, VII. iv. conclusion
Mansions, I. i. 2, 4, ii. 4, 8, 15; VII. iv. conclusion
Martha, VII. i. 14, iv. 17
Martin, St., VI. vi. 6
Mary, Blessed Virgin, our help, I. ii. 14; meditation on, VI. vii. 8; sufferings of, VII. iv. 7
Mary Magdalen, St., I. i. 5; VI. vii. 5, xi. 1 2; VII. i. 14, ii. 9, iv. i6-20
Matrimony, spiritual, VII. I, 7, ii. per totum; difference between, and Espousals, VII. ii. 2; effects of, VII. iv. 10 sqq.; in this state soul free from sin, VII. iv. 3; and confirmed in grace, VII. ii. 13
Meditation, VI. vii. 11-13
Melancholia, (hysteria), III. i 9; IV. ii. 1, 2; VI. i. 15, iii. 2, 3, vi. 7, 15
Memento, VI. iv. 14
Mendoza, Don Alvaro de, VII. iii. 4
Moses, VI. iv. 7
Mount Carmel, see Carmel
Music, VII. iii. 10
Mysteries, revealed during raptures, VI. iv. 10, 12, 13
Noe's Ark, VII. iii. 12
Nuptials, spiritual, see Matrimony
Obedience, preface, p. 3 5; I. i. 1; III. i. 4, ii. 18
Obligations, of a soul enraptured, VI. v. 4; on account of intellectual visions, VI. viii. 8
Odour, supernatural, VI. ii. 14
Olive branch, VII. iii. 12
Padranos, Fr. Juan de, VI. viii. 3
Palace, God likened to, VI. x. 3; VII. ii. 15
Palmito, I. ii. 8
Passion of Christ, V. ii. 13; becomes the property of the soul, VI. v. 6; meditation on, VI. vii. 8, 9, 13-15
Paul, St., I. i. 5; III. i. 13; VI. vii. 5, ix. 7; VII. i. 8, ii. 6, iv. 7; (hermit) VI. v. 9
Peace, II. i. 16; following upon Spiritual Matrimony, VII. ii. 10, 13, iii. 9, 13; 'Peace be with you,' V. i. 10; VII. ii. 2
Penances, indiscreet, I. ii. 19.; too discreet, III. ii. 9
Perfection, true, I. ii. 20
Perfume, IV. ii. 6; VI. ii. 14
Perseverance, II. i. 17, 18; III. i. 1
Peter, St., III. i. 13; VI. vii. 5; VII. iv. 8
Phoenix, VI. iv. 3
Philippus a Ss. Trinitate, IV. i. 3, ii. 8, iii. 1; V. i. 8, iii. 4, iv. 3; VI. i. 18, iv. 3 sqq., v. 2, 10, vi. 11
Pictures, holy, VII. iii. 10
Pilate, VI. x. 5
Prayer, St. Teresa's writings on, Preface, p. 36; books on, I. i. 8; IV. iii. 4, 5; no difference between vocal and mental, I. i 9; talking inconsiderately to God is not prayer, I. i. 9; need of guidance in, I. ii. 7; II. i. 18; perseverance in, II. i. 19; prayer and mortification a great work, VII. iv. 22
Preparation for prayer of Union, V. ii. 4, 5
Presence, spiritual of our Lord, VI. viii. 2-6; VII. iii. 5, 7; of Saints, ib. 7; of the Blessed Trinity, VII. i. 9-13
Presence chamber, God's, VII. i. 3, 7
Prioress, advice to, IV. iii. 12; VI. iii. 2, vii. 16, viii. 11, 12
Prophecies, VI. iii. 11, 12
Purgatory, VI. xi. 6
Quiet, prayer of, IV. iii. 7; different from prayer of Union, V. i. 5. See also Consolations, divine
Raptures, VI. iv. per totum; effects of, VI. vi. i; false, IV. iii. 11; VI. iv. 22; rare in Seventh Mansion, VII. iii. 10 Recollection, prayer of, IV. iii. 1, 3, 4; different from prayer of Quiet, IV. iii. 7
Reptiles, I. i. 11, II. ii. 15; II. i. 16; IV. i. 3; VII. ii. 15, iv, 1
River of living waters, I. ii. 1, 3
Sacrament, Blessed, V. i. 9
Samaritan woman, VI. xi. 5
Saul, king, V. iii. 2; VI. ix. 18
Schram, Dom, VI. iii. 10; viii. 10
Search for God, VI. vii. 11
Secrecy of raptures, VI. iv. 20, 21, viii. 12
Security, III. i. 1, 2
Self-knowledge, I. ii. 9-11; IV. i.
13; V. iv. 8; VI. V. 12
Senses, I, ii. 4; IV. iii. 1; VI, iv. 17
Sepulchre, V. i. 10
Sermons, V. ii. 3; VII. 10
Seville, III. ii. 10
Siena, St. Catharine of; VI. v. 2
Silkworm, likeness of, V. ii. 1-6; 5
Sin, mortal, I. ii. 1-3; committed under the very eyes of God, VI. x. 2, 3
Sinners in prison, VII. i. 4, 5
Slaves of Christ, VII. iv. 12; of our neighbour, VII. iv. 13
Sleep of the soul in prayer of Union, V. i. 3
Solitude, desire of, VI. vi. 1, 2
Solomon, III. i. 6; VII. iii. 9, IV. 4
Sorrow for sins increasing with graces, VI. vii. 1-5
Soul likened to a castle, I. i, 2; to a crystal, I. ii. 3; to a garden, I. i. 2; to a ship, VI. v. 3; dignity of, I. i. 3; a soul that does not pray is lame, I. i. 8; soul in mortal sin, I. ii. 1-5; VII. i. 4-6; the soul and its faculties, VII. i. 15, 16
Spark from the fire of God, VI. ii. 6, 7
Standstill in virtue, V. iv. 10
Struggles, interior, II. i. 9, 10
Sufferings, bodily, VI. i. 13, 14
Sun, source of light, I. ii. I, 3-5, 8
Sweetness in prayer, (sensible devotion), IV. i. 4-7, ii. 4.
Tears, IV. i. 4, 6; V. ii. 9; VI. vi. 6, 9
Temptations, advantages of, IV. i. 3; particularly fierce before Espousals, V. iv. 4, 7
Teresa, St., consoled by Christ, VI. v. 6; cures a melancholy nun, IV. iii. 12; desires death, VI. vii. 3; desires others to serve God better, V. iii. 2; her experience in spiritual matters, V. i. 7, iv. 4; feels no pain during ecstasies, IV. i. 11; feels presence of our Lord, VI. viii. 2-5; of the Saints, ib. 7; former mistakes, VI. vii. 18, 19; suffers from headaches, Preface, pp. 35, 36; IV. i. 10; never suffered from hysteria, IV. ii. 2; locutions, vide sub voce; has more light now than formerly, I. ii. 7; IV. i. i, ii. 6; praises God for favours bestowed on others, III. ii. 16; profits by vision of a soul in mortal sin, I. ii. 1, 2, 5, VII. i. 4; by heavenly visions, VII. i. 14; her raptures, vide sub voce; readiness to suffer, VI. xi, 10; self-disparagement, Preface, p. 37; I. ii. 7; III. i. 4, 5, 7; submits her writings to the judgment of the Church, Preface, p. 36; VII. iv. conclusion; suffers at the sight of sin, V. ii. 13; transverberation, VI. xi. 2, 4, 8; is troubled by turmoil of thoughts, IV. 18; troubles she went through, VI, i. 5-27; vi. 1, viii. 12; her visions, VI. ix. 20; VII. 1; of the Blessed Trinity, VII. i. 9 sqq; wound of love, VI. ii. 9; writings, Preface, p. 36; I. ii. 6, 7; V. iv. 12
Theriac, II. i. 16
Thomas Aquinas, St., V. i. 6; VI. v. 8
Toledo, St. Joseph's convent at, Preface, p. 36
Tortoise, IV. iii. 4.
Trance, false, IV. iii. 11, 12; VI. iv. 22; at Easter, VI. xi. 8
Transverberation, VI. xi. 2, 4, 8
Tree of life, I. ii. I, 3
Trinity, Blessed, feast of, Preface, p. 36; vision of, VII. i. 9; presence of, VII. i. 9-13
Troubles preceding perfect union, VI. i. 3-20
Understanding, IV. i. 8
Union, prayer of; different from prayer of Quiet, V. i. 5; leads to Espousals, V. iv. 2; with vanities of the world, V. i. 6, 7; with the Will of God, V. iii. 5-8
Ursula, St., V. iv. 4
Velasquez, Don Alonso, VII, 13
Virtues, real and imaginary, V. iii. 9, 10
Visions, corporal, St. Teresa never saw one, VI. ix. 3; imaginary, VI. iv. 6, v. 9, ix, per totem; intellectual, VI. iv. 10, 11; v. 9; viii. per totem; x, per totum; not to be sought or wished for, VI. ix. 13-19; of a soul in mortal sin. I. ii. 2, 5
Watchfulness, III. i. 2; V. iv. 8, 9
Water, spiritual, I. ii, 3; IV. ii. 3, 4, 8; iii. 8; VI. v. 3; xi, 5; VII. ii. 8, 13
Wax, soul likened to, V. ii, 11, 12; wax candles, VII. ii. 5
Will of God, union with, V. iii. 4, 5; VI. xi. 5
Works, good, II. i. 20; III. i, 12, 14, ii. 1 5; V. iii. 11; VI, i. 24; VII. iv. 17-24
World, persons in the, III. i. 8, 9; ii. 4, 5
Worldliness, I. ii, i 6, 17; II. i, 7
Wound of love, VI. ii. 2-12; xi. 2-4, 10-12
Zeal, indiscreet, I. ii. 19, 21; III. ii. 19
Zebedee, sons of; VI, xi. 12