Phantasy and Other Poems

Ethel Archer

The poet Ethel Archer was a long-time associate of the occultist Aleister Crowley and a member of the A∴A∴, his magical order.

Phantasy and Other Poems, originally published in 1930 by the Vine Press, was occult writer Ethel Archer’s second and final collection of poetry, following her earlier classic The Whirlpool (1911).

The present publication offers the first complete reprint of the book since it first appeared.

About the Author
Ethel Archer (1885-1962), the daughter of a clergyman, was born in Sussex, and expelled from school at the age of fourteen for asking questions in Scripture class. In 1908 she married the aspiring artist Eugene Wieland, and lived with him in West London. The couple made the acquaintance of Aleister Crowley, joined his A∴A∴ magical organization, and set up a publishing company called Wieland and Co., to publish Crowley’s periodical The Equinox, as well as other texts, including Archer’s first poetry collection The Whirlpool (1911).

She published two other books, Phantasy and Other Poems (1930) and the occult novel The Hieroglyph (1932). For a number of years she contributed book reviews and other prose pieces to The Occult Review, the September 1921 issue of that magazine being where “The Unfinished Prayer-Mat” first appeared.

By the same author – The Hieroglyph (Snuggly Books, 2023) and The Whirlpool (Snuggly Books, 2023)

Paperback, 118 pages. Release date: June 20, 2023
ISBN-13: 978-1-64525-144-6

Price: US$13.50

Hardcover, 120 pages. Limited edition of 90 copies
Release date: June 20, 2023
Price: US$30.00