Visionary Women ecstatic prophecy in seventeenth-century England - Mack, Phyllis (University of California Press, 1992)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-454) and index
Feminine symbolism and female prophecy : gender and knowledge in the world turned upside down -- Woman, nature, and spirit -- Male and female power : visionary women and the social order -- Talking back : women as prophets during the Civil War and Interregnum, 1640-1664 -- Friends in Eden : gender and spirituality in Early Quakerism, 1650-1664 -- Ecstasy and self-transcendence -- Prophecy -- Ecstasy and everyday life -- How were Quakers radical? -- Visionary orders : women in the Quaker Movement, 1664-1700 -- The snake in the garden : Quaker politics and the origin of the women's meeting -- The mystical housewife -- Selfhood and Enlightenment : Quaker preaching and discipline, 1664-1700