ABSTRACT
Prophetesses were able to not only promote political change or gain a new sense of themselves through their writing, they also created a new radical language to convey the transcendence of the Holy Ghost. Delving into Lady Eleanor Davies' writings can be a daunting experience, the abrupt shifts in content, and dense allegorical references. Recent surveys of Davies' canon have also questioned the connection between madness and stylistic density, reconsidering the influence of her work in its political and social milieu. According to her own account, Davies received a transcendent vision at home at Englefield Manor shortly after an episode with a dumb boy, when she heard a voice that she attributed to the spirit of the prophet Daniel himself. The last productive period of Eleanor Davies' life from 1640 onward was marked by the events of the English Civil War but was, comparatively speaking, a less convulsive period for her than the preceding decades had been.
