Abstract
Periodically Quakers discuss extent to which their Society arose as result of mystical insight among its early members. Interpreters who emphasize early Quaker mysticism assume that presumed experience of God in form of the Light within bespeaks supernatural rather than natural origins of Society. They support their interpretation by citing claims of several early Friends, particularly George Fox, who insisted that they had direct intuitions of God through prayer, contemplation, and revelation. Most prominent among these Quaker interpreters was Rufus Jones, whose studies of early Quaker mysticism reflected wider trends in analysis of religion at that time.1 Jones's work had stimulated a spate of articles among Friends, some of which are supportive of his basic claims;2 many of which are very critical.3
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