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Introduction - The Life, The Context 1. This is the Truth. The Twilight of the Modern 2. Looking into the Woods - Freud 3. The Symbolic Self - Jung 4.Wittgenstein's Challenge 5. To Centre or Not to Centre. Teresa's de-centered notion of self. 6. Return to the Erotic. Freud's Libido and the Dyonysian Eros 7. The School of Intuition. Teresa's challenge to the intellectual self. 8. A Dialogue Opens Up 9. Teresa the Mystical Doctor

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On the fifth centenary of Teresa's birth, a dramatically new study of her life and thought as a pioneer of the post-modern self.

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Dr Peter Tyler is Senior Lecturer and Programme Director of Pastoral Theology at St Mary's University College, Twickenham, UK. Previous publications include St John of the Cross - Outstanding Christian Thinker (Continuum 2010), Sources of Transformation: Revitalising Christian Spirituality (edited with Edward Howells) (Continuum 2010) and The Return to the Mystical: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Teresa of Avila and the Christian Mystical Tradition (Continuum 2011).

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We will find this little book so valuable ... it maps a sure path to the discovery of Teresa's own works and to understanding them in context ... It reveals rare treasures of the spiritual life and shows us where to find the precious gems of wisdom scattered throughout her pages.
*Mount Carmel*

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