The first prioress of the English Discalced Carmelites in Antwerp, Anne Worsley, described multiple mystical experiences that occurred in the convent space throughout her life writing. In this example, Anne was deeply troubled that her spiritual mentor and blessed mother, Anne Mazanas, had fallen dangerously ill while living in Mechelen. Worsley's intense emotional state is grounded in the conventual space, specifically the choir and in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. In her exhaustion, she experiences a vision that enters the space as ‘a bright cloud’. This event is emotionally transformative, taking away her ‘extreem grief ‘ and turning it into courage as the young Christ reminds her of his ubiquity. Jesus states: ‘I am all good and fill all places.’ This is a concept essential to Christian sacred space as well as the omnipresence of God in every place. Anne is not the only nun to have experienced such a vision at Antwerp, one that entered and permeated the literal space of the convent.

In the Antwerp annals, beginning with the foundation and through to the entries of the eighteenth century, twenty-six mystical visions are described as occurring in a specific space. Although there are numerous other examples of mystical experience, these twenty-six are stated to occur in the choir, the hallways, the dormitory cells, the infirmary and the stairs to the crypt. Space is not the only variable in such descriptions. Who documented the experience differs, what sensory phenomena are felt, changes from sight to sound, to smell, and the overall meaning of the vision drastically contrasts in each account.