On Friday, 23 November 1649 Thomas Totney, a puritan and veteran of the Civil War, was working in his goldsmith's shop at 'The Three Golden Lions' in the Strand. He was to claim that after fourteen weeks of self-abasement, fasting and prayer the Lord came upon him in power, overwhelming his wisdom and understanding, smiting him dumb, blind and dead in the presence of hundreds of people. Next his body began to tremble and he was tied down in his bed. During his indescribable sufferings he saw the Passion of Jesus. Then he was transported into God's presence in the 'High and holy Mount' where he beheld a great light shine within him and upon him, saying 'Theaurau John my servant, I have chosen thee my Shepherd, thou art adorned with the jewel of Exceliency'. He was convinced that the Lord had spoken unto him, changing his name from Thomas to TheaurauJohn.
'Thomas Totney, the London goldsmith who became the prophet TheaurauJohn Tany, was one of the most extraordinary figures of the English Revolution. His visionary texts have been almost impenetrable to modern readers, steeped as they are in hermeticism,.
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