Swiney (Frances) The Cosmic Procession
£250
or The Feminine Principle in Evolution. Essays of Illumination
London, Ernest Bell, 1906.
First edition, first impression. Inscribed with the author’s compliments to front free endpaper. 8vo. Original cloth.
Swiney (1847-1922) was a significant figure in both British feminism and theosophy, founding the Cheltenham Women’s Suffrage Society in 1896 and lecturing widely on women’s education and esoteric subjects. Her writing blended theosophy with feminist advocacy and eugenicist ideas typical of spiritual feminists of the period. In 1909 she established The League of Isis, which promoted sex education for women and veneration of the Divine Mother – a subject addressed in this volume. A scarce work from an important figure in British esoteric and suffrage movements.
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