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====In popular culture==== St. Teresa's mystical experiences have inspired several authors in modern times, but not necessarily from Teresa's Christian theological perspective. * She is mentioned in [[Elizabeth Goudge]]'s play, ''The Brontës of Haworth'' (in ''Three Plays'', Duckworth, London, 1939), as one of the authors included by Emily Brontë when she and her sister Charlotte are packing to go to Brussels. In the play, Emily is depicted as very interested in mysticism, and is also packing a book by [[Saint John of the Cross]], and another by [[John of Ruusbroec|John Ruysbroeck]] (John of Ruusbroec or Jan van Ruusbroec: 1293/94-1381: a medieval mystic from the Low Countries). * The 2006 book ''[[Eat Pray Love (book)|Eat, Pray, Love]]'' by [[Elizabeth Gilbert]] recognizes St. Teresa as "that most mystical of Catholic figures" and alludes to St. Teresa's ''Interior Castle'' as the "mansions of her being" and her journey as one of "divine meditative bliss".<ref>[[Eat Pray Love (book)|Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, Chapter 46.]]</ref> * The 2007 book by American spiritual author [[Caroline Myss]] ''Entering the Castle'' was inspired by St. Teresa's ''Interior Castle'', but still has a [[New Age]] approach to mysticism.<ref>[http://www.beliefnet.com/story/215/story_21521_1.html 'God Doesn't Want Your Real Estate'] ''[[Beliefnet.com]]''.</ref><ref>[http://in.integralinstitute.org/talk.aspx?id=728 Entering the Castle] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226232649/http://in.integralinstitute.org/talk.aspx?id=728 |date=2009-02-26 }} ''Integral Institute''.</ref> * St. Teresa also inspired American author [[R. A. Lafferty]] in his novel ''[[Fourth Mansions]]'' (1969), which was nominated for the [[Nebula Award]] for [[Nebula Award for Best Novel|Best Novel]] in 1970. * [[Brooke Fraser]]'s song "Orphans, Kingdoms" was inspired by St. Teresa's ''Interior Castle''. * [[Jean Stafford]]'s short story 'The Interior Castle' relates the intense preoccupation of an accident victim with her own brain, which she sees variously as a jewel, a flower, a light in a glass and a set of envelopes within envelopes. * [[Jeffrey Eugenides]]' 2011 novel ''[[The Marriage Plot]]'' refers to St. Teresa's ''Interior Castle'' when recounting the religious experience of Mitchell Grammaticus, one of the main characters of the book. * Teen Daze's<ref>[http://asilentplanet.com/music 'Teen Daze, Official Website']</ref> 2012 release ''The Inner Mansions'' refers to St. Teresa's ''Interior Castle'' in the album's title as well as in the first track. "... have mercy on yourselves! If you realize your pitiable condition, how can you refrain from trying to remove the darkness from the crystal of your souls? Remember, if death should take you now, you would never again enjoy the light of this Sun".<ref>[http://sacred-texts.com/chr/tic/tic06.htm 'Chapter II, Internal Castle, Sacred-texts.com']</ref> This line appears dubbed over the musical introduction to "New Life".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140922142016/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/new-life/id561617525?i=561617526 'New Life, iTunes Store']</ref> * In Mark Williamson's ''ONE: a memoir'' (2018), the metaphor of the ''Interior Castle'' is used to describe an inner world of introspective reflection on past events, a set of "memory loci" based on the ancient system of recall for rhetorical purposes.
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