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===The seven mansions of the Interior castle=== The ''Interior Castle'' is divided into seven mansions (also called dwelling places), each level describing a step to get closer to God. In her work, Teresa already assumed entrance into the first mansions by [[prayer]] and [[Christian meditation|meditation]]. The purgative stage, involving active prayer and [[asceticism]]:<ref group=web name="CS_seven">Catholic Strength, [https://catholicstrength.com/tag/the-seven-mansions-of-teresa-of-avila/ ''The Seven Mansions'']</ref> * The first mansion begin with a [[soul]]'s state of [[divine grace|grace]], but the souls are surrounded by [[sin]] and only starting to seek God's grace through [[Humility#Christianity|humility]] in order to achieve perfection. * The second mansions are also called the ''Mansion of the Practice of Prayer'' because the soul seeks to advance through the castle by daily thoughts of God, humble recognition of God's work in the soul and ultimately daily prayer. * The third mansions are the Mansions of Exemplary Life characterized through [[divine grace]] and a [[Charity (virtue)|love]] for God that is so great that the soul has an aversion to both mortal and venial sin and a desire to do works of charitable service to man for the ultimate glory of God. The prayer of acquired recollection belongs to the third mansion.{{sfn|Aumann|1982|p=366}} The illuminative stage, the beginning of mystical or contemplative or supernatural prayer:<ref group=web name="CS_seven"/> * The fourth mansions are a departure from the soul actively acquiring what it gains as God increases his role. In this mansion, the soul begins to experience two types of supernatural prayer, namely the ''Prayer of Supernatural (or passive) Recollection'' and ''The Prayer of Quiet'';<ref group=web name="CS_seven"/> * The fifth mansion is ''The Prayer of Union'', in which the soul prepares itself to receive gifts from God; Unitive stage:<ref group=web name="CS_seven"/> * The sixth mansion is the betrothal (engagement) of the soul with God can be compared to lovers. The soul spends increasing amounts of time torn between favors from God and from outside afflictions. * The seventh mansion is the spiritual marriage with God, in which the soul achieves clarity in prayer
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