He was born in Wolverhampton, England, in 1875 he received a careful private education and attended King's College for Women (London), where he studied literature, history, botany and philosophy. Raised in agnosticism, in 1907, during a brief stay in a Franciscan convent, his spiritual conversion takes place. Despite being convinced that the Catholic religion was true, various circumstances prevent adherence to the Catholic Church, and in 1921 finally opt for practitioner membership Anglicanism. In 1911, following the preparation and publication of his seminal work The mystic knows Baron Friedrich von Hügel, who will become his spiritual director; it will greatly influence their thinking and in their religious practice. He divided his time between writing and life of devotion, assuming leadership retreats and giving talks and lectures, dedications that will make it one of the most important spiritual teachers of his time. Author of three novels and two books of poems, praise his work on mysticism and spirituality, comprising editions and comments mystics and classics like Ruysbroek, Walter Hilton, The Cloud of Knowing or The Scale of Perfection. Among his many books include The Mystic Way: A Psychological Study in Christian Origins (1913), The Life of the Spirit and the Life of Today (1922), The Mystics of the Church (1925) and Worship (1936).