Clothed With the Sun

‘Clothed With the Sun’ is a book by Anna Kingsford, first published in 1889. Compiled and edited after her death by her collaborator Edward Maitland, it gathers Kingsford’s “illuminations” — visionary texts she reported receiving in trance and dream — on esoteric Christianity, the soul’s regeneration, and the symbol of the “woman clothed with the sun” in the Book of Revelation. The work belongs to the late-Victorian occult revival, alongside Theosophy and Hermetic thought, reflecting Kingsford’s role as a physician-mystic, anti-vivisection campaigner, and founder of the Hermetic Society. Beyond its historical interest, the book offers readers of spiritual classics a cycle of symbolic teachings on purification, initiation, and inner illumination. Themes include visionary mysticism, esoteric Christian doctrine, Gnostic and Hermetic symbolism, and apocalyptic imagery interpreted inwardly rather than literally. This work will appeal to those exploring Theosophy, Hermeticism, occult symbolism, nineteenth-century spiritualism, and the deeper meanings within mystical and prophetic traditions.