Course content will be available four weeks after the course ends. Students will have access to course content for the duration of the course. Learn more about the technical requirements for taking this course.There are no pre-requisites for this course.Students should expect to invest 4–6 hours of work each week on the course material, reading assignments, online discussions with other students, and time for personal reflection. Interior Castle is an 8-week online course.

Connect and learn with other spiritual seekers.Be inspired to see God in all things, to ﬁnd hope and love even amidst suffering.Deepen awareness of the “inner witness” through life experiences and contemplative practice.Experience Teresa of Ávila’s Interior Castle as an embodied pathway of union with God.This course is presented largely in James Finley’s poetic, creative, non-linear style and is, therefore, best suited to those who have experience learning in a heart-centered way that transcends and includes the intellect. Interior Castle is intended for students already experienced with the spiritual path. Along the way, practices of prayer, reflection, humility, and self-knowledge turn spiritual insights into experiential and embodied wisdom.īased on James Finley’s many years of reading, meditating, and leading retreats on this 16th-century mystic, this course also draws from Mirabai Starr’s work translating the original Spanish text to reveal the essence of Teresa and her message. It explores her perspective on progressively deepening states of consciousness as a pathway to union with God. Interior Castle is a spiritual journey through the seven mansions of St. Deepen your awareness of the “inner witness” and experience the Interior Castle an embodied pathway of union with God.

Teresa of Ávila’s Interior Castle with James Finley and Mirabai Starr as guides. An 8-week online course journeying through the seven mansions of St.

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