Sister Lily

Lily L. Allen (1867 – 1952) was an Irish author.

In her twenties, Lily joined the Bible Christian Church and for a time was known as Sister Lily while she worked in the East London slums. She was a local preacher for the church and conducted missions over a wide area of the West Country. It was when conducting a mission in South Wales that she met her future husband and fellow writer James Allen, of Ilfracombe. They were married at Weston Bampfylde Church in May 1895.

Her daughter Nora Allen wrote of her: ¨She was a beautiful woman with large brown eyes, dark brown hair, which became white rather early in life, very good features and, to the last, an upright carriage. She had a striking personality and was in many ways an individualist. Her religious outlook was undoubtedly influenced by her husband, for after her marriage she inclined more towards the unorthodox. On account of this, she was "excommunicated" from the Bible Christian Church and returned to the Church of England, in which she had been brought up, though she did not continue as a practising member. She was a strict vegetarian. In home life, she was thoroughly domesticated, an excellent cook and enjoyed the running and work of the house. After her husband's death in 1912, Lily continued the publication of his magazine, "The Epoch", until failing sight forced her to give it up. She wrote several books, mainly on the lines of the power of thought and character building, but these never made the same impact on the public as those of James Allen.

·         Personality: Its Cultivation and Power and How to Attain by Lily L. Allen. Personality, Right Belief, Self-Knowledge, Intuition, Decision and Promptness, Self-Trust, Thoroughness, Manners, Physical Culture, Mental, Moral, and Spiritual Culture, Introspection, Emancipation, Self-Development, Self-Control and Mental Poise, Liberty, Transformation, Balance, Meditation and Concentration.
Our Mental Children by Lily L. Allen. Our Thought Children, Fear, Pride, Suspicion, Sincerity, Hope, The Beautiful, Some Simple Rules.

·         Our Creative Imagination by Lily L. Allen. Imagination: What Is It?, The Law of Correspondences, The Eternal Now, The Eternal Memory, Mental Impressions, Divine Alchemy, Removing Mountains, The Eternal Good, The Pathway of the Conqueror.

·         One Life, One Law, One Love by Lily L. Allen. The World Within, The Inward Light, Becoming, The Law of Love, Limitations, Taking Time to Think, Where Understanding Dwells, etc.

·         The Ministry of Silent Helpers by Lily L. Allen. The Ministry of Silent Helpers, The Divine Relationship and What It Implies, Seeing As God Sees, The Power of Right Thinking, The Master of My Fate, Seeking First the Kingdom.

·         The Might of Mind by Lily L. Allen. The Control of the Mind, The Creative Power of Mind, Thought - The Alchemist, Desire or Aspiration, What Will Ye?, The Influence of Thought on Environment, The Philosopher's Stone, "With All Thy Getting."

·         The Meaning and Use of the Silence by Lily L. Allen. The True Knowledge of Prayer, The Prayer That is Always Answered, The Realisation of Our Sonship, The Soul?s Trysting Place and Time, The Silence for Meditation, Why the Silence is Necessary, The Power of the Silence in the Day?s Work, Perfect Rest and Confidence Through the Silence.

·         Life's Inspiration by Lily L. Allen. Unseen Forces, Beauty, Nature, Friendship, Smiles, Work, Companionship and Solitude, Sorrow, Thinking to Inspire, What We Call Death, Life's Greatest Inspiration, Etc.

·         The Life of Power and Dominion by Lily L. Allen. The Outlook, What Man Is, The One Creator, Affirming the Truth, The Law of Growth, The Perfect Harmony, The Outpouring of All Good, Believing and Receiving, The Life of Power and Dominion, Work: The Glory of Life, Inheritors of All Good.

·         The Knowledge That Brings Peace By Lily L. Allen. Chapters include: The Knowledge That Brings Peace, The Law of the Increase of All Good, A New Order of Thought, A New Method of Thinking.

·         In the Garden of Silence by Lily L. Allen. Told in the Twilight, Immortality, Opportunity, Penelope, My gold!, Afterward, Unbroken Alabaster.

·         How to Go Into the Silence by Lily L. Allen. Chapters include: Going Into the Silence, How to Enter the Silence, Why We Go Into the Silence, Waiting In the Silence.

·         Healing for All Our Ills by Lily L. Allen. Clearing the Mind, Reversing the Thoughts, Self-Treatment, We are in Heaven Now, The Use of Denials, The Use of Affirmations, Healing Treatments, Mixed-Thinking, Thinking of Others, The Need of Patience, The Power of Words, Perfect Health, The Abundant Life, The Ideal is Always the Real, The Vision of the Healer,

·         Elements of Success by Lily L. Allen. The Fine Art of Living, The Essential Ideal, The Survival of the Fittest, Thought - The Greatest Element in Success, Difficulties, Drawbacks, The Equal Mind, The Success Habit, Climbing to Success, etc.

·         Clues to the Treasures of Life by Lily L. Allen. Chapters include: Clues to Life's Treasures, Clues to the Secret of Health, The Greatest of All Clues, Clues to the Abundant Life, Clues to the Glorious Destination of Man, Finding the Deathless Life, The Law of Attraction, The Will of God Concerning Man, Clues for Everyday Life, Etc.