“Suddenly a recollection came to me with an interior light so great that it seemed to me to be in another world, and my spirit was found within itself, in a very delightful forest and orchard, so much so that it made me remember what is said in the Song of Songs: Veniat dilectus meus in hortum suum - come He, my beloved, to His garden and eat its delicate fruits.
“I saw there, in this Eliseo (delicious place where great souls go), a blackish youth with a strange beauty; On top of his head he had like a garland, which does not crown, of great gemstones, and many maidens who walked there with him, with bouquets in their hands, all in songs of praise of God. I kept opening my eyes so as not to be distracted and it was not possible to take my attention away from it ”.
“There was a music of angels and song of birds there, which the soul enjoyed, although I did not listen to it with my physical ears, but the soul was in that delight. I looked like there was no other man there ”.
“This lasted for more than an hour and a half - that I could not take my eyes off nor my attention, and with great delight, something different from other visions; and what I got from there was more love for God and having him more deeply present with that beauty, it is not possible that it was imagination”.
Vision of Saint Teresa of Avila, Relación 44, Seville, August 9, 1575.
Image: Ustad Allah Bux
Magyar