The Unio Mystica of Teresa of Avila: two classical presentations in the light of psychology
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis January 16, 2019 Hans Åkerberg
It is generally maintained within the Carmelite tradition that Teresa (1515-1582) showed an extraordinary facility in describing the stages of mysticism with experimential vigour and deep intensity, compared for example to John of the Cross, whose mystical presentation is of a more dogmatic and systematic nature. In this sense she would appear to be unsurpassed within the entire Roman Catholic...