Joanna Southcott The Woman Clothed with the Sun

Born in 1750 to a Devon farmer, and growing in a typical rural environment of the time, Joanna Southcott's life was changed in 1792 when she heard the 'still, small voice' that would inform and guide her for the next two decades. Her claims that it was the word of God speaking through her were rejected by church leaders, yet her prophecies of the Second Coming and her 'sealing' of believers against harm brought her tens of thousands of followers. Some of her writings, she was told by her inner voice, were to be kept secret and revealed only when requested by the twenty-four Church of England Bishops at a time of danger - hence the existence of her famous Box. Central to Joanna Southcott's writings is the fight between good and evil in the world, which, as in the Revelation of St. John, is to culminate in a terrible battle leading to a great victory for Christ over the Devil. Interest in such prophecies has increased with heightened fears of expanded potential for disasters in the new Millennium. This book will serve a need felt by many to know more about a woman numbered among the most influential of modern English visionaries.