Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface: The Character of the Vida xi
5. Chapter 1. Teresa’s Life Story 1
6. Chapter 2. How, When, and Why the Book Was Written 34
7. Chapter 3. The Mysticism of the Vida 58
8. Chapter 4. The Life of the Vida, 1600– 1800 99
9. Chapter 5. The Life of the Vida in Art 132
10. Chapter 6. From Enlightenment to Modernity: Skeptics, Seekers, Psychoanalysts, Fascists 164
11. Chapter 7. The Post- Mystical Intermillennial Vida 196
12. Epilogue. Doctor of the Church, Sign of Contradiction 217
13. Notes 225
14. Selected Bibliography 245
15. Index 251