The extant letters from Frieda Harris to Crowley show her fondness and compassion for him, despite his regular begging for more money. Apart from his mother, Frieda Harris was probably the strongest, longest lasting and most platonic relationship in his life. By his own admission, the deck was intended to be traditional, but she encouraged him to commit his occult, magical, spiritual and scientific knowledge to the project. Crowley had to initiate her into his Orders to expand her knowledge and commence the spiritual training necessary to design a deck of such power. Née Bloxam, she was entitled to style herself Lady Harris after her husband was created a baronet in 1932 but preferred to use Lady Frieda Harris. Frieda Harris (born in London 1877 died in Srinagar, India) was an associate of the occultist Aleister Crowley and designed the Thoth Tarot with him.
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