I love Teresa's self-deprecating and conversational voice, teaching that prayer can be something so enchanting and ordinary, and yet also dangerous, in both the spiritual and ordinary life (especially for an intelligent, strong-willed woman who dares to write her own books). Still, it was hard to follow the progression of the "rooms" and enter her medieval mindset. However, I would rather blame my shortcomings as a reader and Christian than blame the wonder that was Teresa of Avila.