Episode 4.1. High Priestess and Empress: Florence Farr and Ellen Terry

This week we welcome back to the show Susan Wands, author of the Arcana Oracle Series. We’re looking at the extraordinary lives of Florence Farr and Ellen Terry, two incredible women who broke all the rules of Victorian society. Divorce! Affairs! Illegitimate children! And best of all—careers! Ellen was an incredibly successful actress, and Florence was an artist and theater producer who became a high-ranking magician and head of the Golden Dawn. Not only did women like Ellen and Florence exist, but their lives were stranger (and better!) than fiction. We also discuss the possibility that Florence and Ellen inspired Pamela Colman Smith’s High Priestess and Empress tarot cards. Susan’s new book is High Priestess and Empress, and it’s out May 14th.

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Episode 4.1. High Priestess and Empress: Florence Farr and Ellen Terry is an episode from Dirty Sexy History by Jessica Cale.

This episode is 00:50:38 long.

This episode was published on May 1, 2024.

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