Miserable Souls

Marc-A. R. Richardson is evocative in his conveyance of coming-of-age depression, a problem so common and rampant in modern society. Delve into a world of decadence and dismay as we explore the last days of Aiden Smith's life. He had the best of it, but what could push someone with everything to do the things that ultimately cost him his life?

"In competition someone wins and someone loses, and in our world some people have already won." The laws that dictate our advent into this world bares proof to our lack of self-sovereignty...and oft we justify our rise in station, or want for happiness, through the possession of our tinkered minerals and stone. We delude ourselves... Follow Aiden Smith as we explore the nature of human ambition. This Blue-blooded young adult had the best of it; he attended a prestigious boarding school on the shores of Miami, Florida and much was expected of him. To everyone he had everything, but his desires lead to an early and troubling death. But how so? What does one want when they are born with everything...so much that it would cost them their life?

Written in 1577 and first published in English in 1852, The Interior Castle is considered one of the greatest works of Catholic spiritual prose. A painting of the spirit within a Renaissance landscape, this allegory of the soul as a castle is both poetic and didactic. Written in address of women, this work describes the seven concentric groups of mansions within the soul, each aligned to one of the seven heavens, and here is the map which gently, and with love and prayer, leads the female spirit through war, fear, and humility, into the ultimate destination-the central court and a spiritual "marriage" to God. The works of Spanish nun SAINT TERESA OF AVILA (1515-1582) rank among the most extraordinary mystical writings of Roman Catholicism and among the classics of all religious traditions. Her writings include The Way of Perfection and her autobiography, The Life of Saint Teresa of Jesus.