The seeker begins by having a plot in very infertile land, in which grow many weeds which will be for the delight of the Lord. His Majesty digs up the weeds and plants good plants instead. Well then, let’s imagine that this has already been done – that a soul has resolved to practise prayer and has already begun to do so and with the help of God we, like good gardeners, have to make these plants grow and make sure they are well watered and will not die, for from them will come flowers which shall send forth great fragrance to give refreshment to this Lord of ours … St Teresa of AvilaDoctor of the Soul by Peter Tyler (Bloomsbury, 2013)Vision is quite simply about seeing. In religious terms it means seeing the world as God’s world. It means refusing to conform to th