Entering the Castle: Finding the Inner Path to God and Your Soul's Purpose

The mansions help me evolve... I visit them and I'm never the same ...

In a thirty year pilgrimage with numerous visits to churches and conversations with ministers, this is the first time I have learned anything about how to proceed. In the Church of Scotland, the entire matter is shrouded in secrecy which is deeply unhelpful. I am still, technically an atheist, who once taught mathematics, science and philosophy and came to the issue late. I expect to progress by the use of this book which I have been reading , underlining and annotating. The one puzzle, is that Caroline advocates secrecy in writing up one's journal. How can that help others to understand and profit from one's experience? It is, I think, too important a matter to be secret about. Of course the dangers are obvious but any good thing is commonly criticised by all the predatory people who prey on others and on new ideas. I am reminded instantly of 'Abou Ben Adhem', the poem by Leigh Hunt. I have work to do, plainly. I am sure you, the reader agree. A remarkable and wonderful book for the pilgrim.William Scott

It is an interesting clarification of the work of St. Teresa of Avila and offers the notion of a castle with many rooms in each of which one can approach a different spiritual issue. The lowest room is a dungeon where one keeps 'prisoners', people one has not been able to forgive and who should now be released before proceeding. There are also reptiles in the castle, dark unsolved issues that must be sorted out, and of course as one rises from room to room the issues become more abstract and more spiritual. The drawbridge cuts one off from distracting presences and the thick walls make one feel safe. All of this depends of course on our ability to visualise and to imagine, and more to the point it requires absolute honesty of intention.But Myss tends to target a particular type of person. She is talking to affluent middle-class America. What if we don't see God as a personal 'father' to whom we give endless petitions and shopping lists? What if we don't have our whole life planned out? What if we don't live for our career? What if we don't see money as the be-all and end-all?In spite of this there are moments of great wisdom and insight.

This is a book of such supreme depth and wisdom that I don't know how to begin.From its preface onwards it has been life changing and a delight.Buy it , read it and grow spiritually and emotionallyCaroline Myss has surpassed herself and given us a great treasure.I thank her from the bottom of my heart.

Caroline Myss is a brilliant author and tells it like it is. Highly recommend this book

looking forward to finishing it.