After reading, Saint Teresas Vision of the Transverberation, in the feminine sexuality section it mentions Berninis statue in Rome. What is so great about this statue?
Actually the text is pretty confusing but also interesting to me. It is confusing because it neither clarifies the source of Teresa's pain nor explicates the symbolic meaning behind the pain, the suffering and the God and angels. It is interesting because the eroticism theory really makes sense. I believe there are other theories or interpretations of the pain that make sense. So, my question is: what are other famous or reasonable theories to understand Teresa's pain?
Is Saint Teresa's Vision of the Transverberation saying that when a woman is in religious ecstasy they are getting sexual pleasure as well? It was difficult to understand what they were trying to say with the statues, do the statues show the saints in a form of ecstasy that is comparable to a sexual ecstasy?
Are Saint Teresa's orgasmic outbursts supposed to be comparable to Jesus being nailed to the cross in the way that they both were a public display of humiliation?
In the reading Saint Teresa's Vision of the Transverberation, did the pain of Saint Teresa indicate a sacrifice to Lord which could thus please the Lord? Also, did the angel which she saw represented the positive image that she should try to get close to?
The second article for this week talked about points in Saint Teresa's writings where she is writing about sexual experiences as "spiritual experiences". How is it that she is still seen as a saint even though she speaks so overtly about her sexuality?
I find "The Life of Teresa of Jesus" rather confusing. It seems she experiences her first sexual intercourse(hence the bleeding) and she describes it as very painful, but ease up eventually. What does it mean when she said her pain is spiritual, and does she say her pain pleased God because she compares it with the pain Jesus had?
I find Saint Teresa's interpretation of her pain as spiritual, when from the description it lends more towards a sexual experience. If she says "it is not bodily pain, but spiritual, though the body has a share of it - indeed a great share" (275) then isn't the experience not solely religious but also equally sexual?
After reading Saint Teresa's Vision of the Transverberation, I was really interested about how Saint Teresa is united with God. Is the union more physical or more emotional for her?
Saint Theresa's Vision of Transverberation was interesting because it seems more sexual than painful. So does this mean that her relationship with God is sexual? Would that be deemed heretical to say that there is more of a sexual love than a spiritual love? Or is sexual love and spiritual love the same in reference to God?
In "Saint Teresa's Vision of the Transverberation," Saint Teresa's famous transverberation is interestingly compared with a sexual experience with God, even though she is chaste. Would there really be no other way or method to describe her relationship with God other than sexual? Would anyone still be considered "chaste" after having sexual relationships with God?
The reading, Saint Teresa’s vision of the Transverberation, portrays how she pierces her heart repeatedly which indicates the pleasure for God but painful scene on the other way. As discussed in the lecture, how do we know whether she is possessed by demon or not--ecstasy or possession? SInce she lives in the religious community and goes into holy experience, the author meant to express ecstasy by using supernatural intervention?
After reading, Saint Teresas Vision of the Transverberation, in the feminine sexuality section it mentions Berninis statue in Rome. What is so great about this statue?
ReplyDeleteActually the text is pretty confusing but also interesting to me. It is confusing because it neither clarifies the source of Teresa's pain nor explicates the symbolic meaning behind the pain, the suffering and the God and angels. It is interesting because the eroticism theory really makes sense. I believe there are other theories or interpretations of the pain that make sense.
ReplyDeleteSo, my question is: what are other famous or reasonable theories to understand Teresa's pain?
Is Saint Teresa's Vision of the Transverberation saying that when a woman is in religious ecstasy they are getting sexual pleasure as well? It was difficult to understand what they were trying to say with the statues, do the statues show the saints in a form of ecstasy that is comparable to a sexual ecstasy?
ReplyDeleteAre Saint Teresa's orgasmic outbursts supposed to be comparable to Jesus being nailed to the cross in the way that they both were a public display of humiliation?
ReplyDeleteIn the reading Saint Teresa's Vision of the Transverberation, did the pain of Saint Teresa indicate a sacrifice to Lord which could thus please the Lord? Also, did the angel which she saw represented the positive image that she should try to get close to?
ReplyDeleteThe second article for this week talked about points in Saint Teresa's writings where she is writing about sexual experiences as "spiritual experiences". How is it that she is still seen as a saint even though she speaks so overtly about her sexuality?
ReplyDeleteI find "The Life of Teresa of Jesus" rather confusing. It seems she experiences her first sexual intercourse(hence the bleeding) and she describes it as very painful, but ease up eventually. What does it mean when she said her pain is spiritual, and does she say her pain pleased God because she compares it with the pain Jesus had?
ReplyDeleteI find Saint Teresa's interpretation of her pain as spiritual, when from the description it lends more towards a sexual experience. If she says "it is not bodily pain, but spiritual, though the body has a share of it - indeed a great share" (275) then isn't the experience not solely religious but also equally sexual?
ReplyDeleteAfter reading Saint Teresa's Vision of the Transverberation, I was really interested about how Saint Teresa is united with God. Is the union more physical or more emotional for her?
ReplyDeleteSaint Theresa's Vision of Transverberation was interesting because it seems more sexual than painful. So does this mean that her relationship with God is sexual? Would that be deemed heretical to say that there is more of a sexual love than a spiritual love? Or is sexual love and spiritual love the same in reference to God?
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In "Saint Teresa's Vision of the Transverberation," Saint Teresa's famous transverberation is interestingly compared with a sexual experience with God, even though she is chaste. Would there really be no other way or method to describe her relationship with God other than sexual? Would anyone still be considered "chaste" after having sexual relationships with God?
ReplyDeleteThe reading, Saint Teresa’s vision of the Transverberation, portrays how she pierces her heart repeatedly which indicates the pleasure for God but painful scene on the other way. As discussed in the lecture, how do we know whether she is possessed by demon or not--ecstasy or possession? SInce she lives in the religious community and goes into holy experience, the author meant to express ecstasy by using supernatural intervention?
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