Biography
Anderson was born on May 21, 1917 in Clayton, New Mexico.
He claimed to be initiated in 1926 by a woman "of the Fairy race", and to have been a member of Harpy Coven around that time. He also claimed ancestral connections to a variety of shamanic traditions including the Sami, Native American, Hawaiian and Pictish. Part of what made Anderson's teaching unusual is that he attempted to draw from and unify a variety of shamanic traditions in a way accessible to modern Americans.
Anderson met Cora on Beltane 1944, and they were married 3 days later. The following year, their son Elon would be born.
In 1975, his book Thorns of the Blood Rose received the Clover International Poetry Competition Award.
The Andersons initiated a number of influential people in contemporary Paganism, including Starhawk and the late Gwydion Pendderwen
Victor and his wife Cora are regarded as Grand Masters of the Feri Tradition.
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