Talk:Victor Henry Anderson/Archive 1

Support the merge
I support the merge. The content from this one should moved over to Victor Anderson. Kai MacTane 19:03, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Valerie Voigt's Research
That research was mine, and not ever intended for publication. I made the mistake of sharing, with a then-trusted (but no longer trusted!) individual, some preliminary notes from one conversation with Victor. Subsequent conversations showed that I had gotten some of the facts wrong. My notes from subsequent conversations give a much more detailed picture; unfortunately, Kelly and some others continue to circulate those preliminary notes. I was busy with family life, and out of touch with the Feri community, for quite a long time before I learned that the notes had been circulated. By that time, Victor was angry with me about those notes and didn't want to talk with me any more, and he was angry with me for the rest of his life. Understandable, but saddening for me.

BTW, Wikipedia does have articles on Hoodoo and on Cunning-Folk; much of the practical magic I experienced with Victor and Cora was very like a mixture of those two traditions.Valerie voigt (talk) 13:13, 16 December 2017 (UTC)Valerie voigt

Victor Anderson was a Kahuna?
There is nothing credible to substantiate that he was, in fact, any kind of Kahuna, nor that he was able to speak Hawaiian fluently. If someone can produce a recording of him speaking Hawaiian, or if someone can produce a document written by him in Hawaiian, it should be presented as evidence. So far, there are none. The article should be corrected to say that he claimed, or alleged, to be a kahuna and a fluent speaker of the Hawaiian language. --Maxwell230 22:23, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Grandmaster of the Feri/Faery Tradition
It is true that, as stated in the article, Victor and Cora are considered grandmasters of the Feri/Faery Tradition. However, the attached reference does not ever use the term "grandmaster". It is a valuable reference on the general topic so I am disinclined to simply remove it, but another reliable reference supporting the Andersons as grandmasters should be found, and this reference cited in reference to other details. Autumnalmonk (talk) 09:38, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Yes, Victor was our Grandmaster, and Cora after him. This is generally acknowledged among Feri initiates. Victor told me, however, that authority in the tradition was "horizontal"--that is, the Grand Master is not in charge of anyone, but is respected as an expert senior initiate. There's no place to cite the horizontality comment, AFAIK, but there are citations available for the Andersons' Grandmastership. http://www.controverscial.com/Victor%20&%20Cora%20Anderson.htm (site of George Knowles, overall a pretty good researcher) http://harpybooks.com/Authors/Anderson-Victor.shtml The site of the Andersons' publisher, Harpy Books; Also on page 95 of Victor's book Etheric Anatomy; Also on the back covers of Cora's book In Mari's Bower; Also on the back cover of the Andersons' collaborative book Heart of the Initiate.Valerie voigt (talk) 13:13, 16 December 2017 (UTC)Valerie voigt