Staveley, Lilian

Lilian Staveley (1878-1928) was a Christian writer and mystic whose anonymous works have only recently been credited to her. One of the dilemmas that Staveley struggled with was that of the 'feminine principle'. She saw across history and religion a tendency by those in religious power, (by men who were otherwise great and holy), to look down on womankind. She feared that in God's eyes also she was not of the 'acceptable sex'. This apparent disparagement she could not understand: "What profound injustice-to suffer so much and to receive no recognition whatever whilst men walked off with all th...