Phantasy and Other Poems
by 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. She was one of the central figures of the group involved with publication of The Equinox
Originally published in 1930, Phantasy and Other Poems was 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.
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Table of Contents
Preface
PHANTASY
Argument
Introduction
Phantasy
To the Moon Spirit
Epilogue
POEMS
Sleep
Christmas Eve
The Felon Flower
Spring Song
Reverie
Midsummer Morn
Silence
A Song
Suggested by the Music of Cyril Rootham’s “Brown Earth”
Legend
Vision
In Limine
Hymn to Allah
Victimae Paschali
The Hymn of St. Francis Xavier
Relativity
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Paperback Edition
118 pages. Perfect bound paperback, colour illustrated cover.
ISBN: 9781645251446
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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 order, 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.
