The Visionary Life of Madre Ana de San AgustínElizabeth Teresa Howe Tamesis Books, 2004 - 131 pages Madre Ana's account of her life gives insight into the nature of female monasticism at the turn of the seventeenth century. In two relaciones of her life, Madre Ana de San Agustín, a member of the Discalced Carmelite reform under Santa Teresa, reveals a rich interior life of visions, locutions, and visits to heaven and hell. Guiding her at manyjunctures of her spiritual journey is the figure of Santa Teresa, both before and after the saint's death in 1582. En las dos 'relaciones' de su vida, la Madre Ana de San Agustín, Carmelita descalza de la Reforma teresiana, revela una rica vida interior de visiones, locuciones, y visitas al cielo y al infierno. Guiándola en su viaje espiritual está la figura de Santa Teresa, antes y después de la muerte de ésta en 1582. ELIZABETH HOWE is Professor of Spanish at Tufts University, Massachusetts. |
Contents
Madre Ana de S Agustín Portrait in the Monastery | 1 |
Santa Teresa repels the demons A Collaert 1613 | 9 |
Fray Jerónimo Gracián Portrait in the Monastery | 16 |
detail of hell Giotto di Bondone | 29 |
Bibite Amici Theodor Galles By kind permission of | 35 |
Relación que hizo de su vida la Madre Ana de S Agustín | 45 |