The Lady and the Beast: The Extraordinary Partnership between Frieda Harris and Aleister Crowley

“Whitehouse provides intriguing insights into Harris’s later years in India, where she passed away, making this a comprehensive study of one of the lesser-known women in 20th-century esotericism.” — Phil Baker, Fortean Times

“The Lady and the Beast is a meticulously researched and eloquently argued work that illuminates the intersections of gender, art, and occult modernity. It is undoubtedly an essential reading for scholars of Western esotericism.” — Andrej Kapcár, Religious Studies Review

“The Lady and The Beast is a fantastic book that covers a lot of ground, publishing for the first time academic research that gives us an invaluable resource for historians and esotericists alike. It is an academic book but written in a way that is meant to be inclusive. It’s perfect, of course, for anyone interested in just about anything to do with Frieda, Lady Harris, but also for the political and social history of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the esoteric and artistic community that surrounded Harris and Crowley.” — Gwen Enstam, Tarot Association of Britain and International Forum

“The Lady and the Beast sets Crowley and his pseudo-system in conversation with a brilliant contemporary. …Whitehouse is a profoundly knowledgeable scholar of the occult, and guides her initiates, with neither pretension nor condescension, through its manifold and viperish complexities.” — Sam Quill, Times Literary Supplement

“A marvelous and fun read for anyone interested in the history of contemporary magic, modern art in Britain, and especially of course in Tarot.” — Kate Laity, PhD, University of Connecticut

Deja Whitehouse has a degree in Classical Studies from the University of Hull. In 2017 she was accepted as a post-graduate research candidate by Professor Ronald Hutton at the University of Bristol and was awarded her PhD in January 2020. Since then, she has continued as an independent scholar, delivering conference papers, and publishing various articles and book chapters specializing in Frieda Harris and other women in the occult. She is a member of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE).