Victor Anderson

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For the politician see Victor Emanuel Anderson

Victor Henry Anderson (born May 21, 1917, in Clayton, New Mexico - died September 20, 2001) was an award-winning poet, a Kahuna, a leader of the American Neopagan movement, and the seminal teacher of the Feri Tradition (sometimes spelled Fairy, Faery or Faerie). An accident early in life left him nearly blind.

He was the renowned author of the Thorns of the Blood Rose, a book of Neopagan and love poetry; Etheric Anatomy: the Three Selves and Astral Travel (with Cora Anderson); and Lilith's Garden (a companion volume to Thorns, published posthumously).

Victor and his wife Cora Anderson initiated some of the most influential people in contemporary Paganism, such as Starhawk and the late Gwydion Pendderwen. Victor and Cora are regarded as Grand Masters of the Feri Tradition.