Colquhoun was part of a wide social process in which women were becoming increasingly aware of their own, unique, female perspective on life and contributions to culture. One of the ways in which this change was made manifest was in the emergence of a specifically female contribution to the occult. This was seen not simply in the acceptance of women as participants for the first time in occult activity, but also in the development of a theology that elevated a female spirituality to the occult. Colquhoun was one of the first generation of women who took part in hermetic activities as of right. Prior to the pioneering work of women such as Moina Mathers and Helene Blavatsky, the occult had been an all-male preserve.
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