This early work by Arthur Edward Waite was originally published in 1911
and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
'The Collected Poems of Arthur Edward Waite Vol. I.' is a the first
volume of a two volume work of collected poems. Arthur Edward Waite was
born on the 2nd of October, 1857 in America. After the death of his
father, Waite and his mother returned to her native England, where he
was raised in North London, attending St. Charles' College from the age
of thirteen. Waite left school to become a clerk, but also wrote verse
in his spare time. The death of his sister, Frederika Waite, in 1874
soon attracted him into psychical research. Waite became a prolific
author with many of his works being well received in academic circles.
He wrote occult texts on subjects including divination, esotericism,
Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry and ceremonial magic, Kabbalism, and
alchemy.