Ariel Hessayon receives an award for a Research Project on Jacob Boehme and Jane Lead
‘All in All’:
the prophetic thought and legacies of
Jacob Boehme and Jane Lead
© Religious Society of Friends in Britain
This is a three year research project funded by The Panacea Society about the prophetic thought and legacies of Jacob Boehme (1575–1624) and Jane Lead (1624–1704)
It was launched in September 2010 with a highly successful conference held at Oxford University on “Teutonic Philosophy”: Jacob Boehme (1575–1624) in context, his life and the reception of his writings’. You can listen to the keynote addresses and the concluding debate here.
Project elements
Project I: Companion volume on Jacob Boehme
The conference proceedings will be incorporated in a collection of essays.
Project II: Jacob Boehme’s theology and the reception of his writings in the English-speaking world from c.1600 to c.1900
A two volume work by Ariel Hessayon.
Project III: Visionary experience and mysticism in later Stuart Britain
A single volume monograph by Sarah Apetrei.
Project IV: “Blessed Virago”: the international mysticism of Jane Lead
A one-day conference to be held in September 2012 at Shoreditch, London.
Project researchers
Dr Ariel Hessayon FRHistS (Principal investigator)
(Researcher co-investigator)