# The Lady and the Beast by Deja Whitehouse ![[Pasted image 20250410085715.png]] This book looks to re-define the relationship between Frieda Harris and Aleister Crowley. In her scholarly work, Deja Whitehouse explores Frieda's life before she met Aleister, their working partnership, and the years following. > In manifesting Crowley's vision of the Occult Tarot, Harris's paintings embody the intersection of art and esotericism. Crowley (1875 - 1847) believed that the Tarot was fundamental to all magical disciplines and his Book of Thoth would become 'a standard Book of Reference, which will determine the entire course of mystical and magical thought for the next 2000 years.' Without Harris, there would be no Book of Thoth. Whitehouse presents a study of Harris's life and works, seeking to assess her true contribution to Western Esotericism. The importance of the tarot in Crowley's life has been consistently underplayed and distorted - the Thoth Tarot did not just appear in 1944.