victor september american priest poet founding member form modern pagan new religious movement established california 1960s poetry religious nature devoted deities born new_mexico working class family anderson left visually impaired childhood family regularly moved united_states early years anderson claiming encounters mexican hawaiian migrants led gaining early understanding cultures magical practices family eventually settled oregon anderson later claimed initiated tradition african woman later claimed joined religious group known based dissolved 1940s according description group devoted god goddess influenced american folk magic married bend oregon inspired writings english founded gaining followers known tradition significant influence development tradition introduced elements anderson professional player wrote poetry american pagan magazines published book poetry blood rose contained religious poetry dedicated goddess won anderson continued promote tradition death point appointed new tradition early life childhood anderson born buffalo horn ranch new_mexico parents née smith ethnic ancestry later stated irish spanish native american including claimed maternal great grandmother blue community living skin coloration anderson completely blind years old accident diabetes family living texas sister born february worked floor worker oil town moved new_mexico recorded living anderson later claimed friends mexican children anderson later wife claimed instructed use vision mexican childhood family moved oklahoma brother resided months oklahoma proceeded area oregon anderson claimed befriended hawaiian families working fruit anderson claimed instructed magical practices hawaiian later wife referring priest claimed instructed working southern oregon living state attended school blind despite largely self educated family moved state coming years august living recorded working engineer lumber mill census census family recorded living oregon adding living point working mary trained nurse recorded living attended relocating bend prior anderson claimed initiated tradition woman fairy race referred africa anderson informed journalist years old encountered small old woman sitting centre circle containing brass herbs alleged stripped naked sexually initiated tradition vision goddess god vision claimed sat circle instructed magical use herbs washed butter oil salt putting clothes returning home pagan studies scholar white described difficult accept literal account suggested anderson undergone significant spiritual experience older woman subsequently embellished later tale told woman knew anderson later stated says friends woman circus fire dancer got older worked stands joined circus south_africa way met years old year old boy knew years researcher provided potential supporting evidence claim noted number performed oregon 1920s 1930s travelling anderson claimed initiated group called remains source group existence research later conducted coordinator pagan united_states branch anderson students asked group according claims group led figures known warren members preacher wife related immigrants southern states mainly alabama according placed emphasis practical magic worship theology ethics ritual eclectic practices mixing forms american folk magic noted worship goddess held belief god opposed god christianity claimed met outdoor indoor meetings according phases moon according account anderson claimed occasion naked woman altar group disbanded world war broke pagan studies scholar published summary research anderson released open letter dated august kelly claims referring stupid shallow grasp alleged research stated contrary kelly goddess known think merely goddess god added consort goddess known goddess tells away sweet influence love terrible spirits fallen angel christianity islam kelly later stated self trained descended earlier person group later life anderson met bend oregon married days later claiming encountered realm born alabama january exposed folk magical practices childhood irish grandfather root doctor known locals claimed acts marriage erection altar following year son born named hebrew word oak claimed received dream birth ritual held infant goddess family moved california later year purchasing home anderson member subsequently remained years victor earned living musician playing events worked hospital cook claimed anderson speak hawaiian spanish greek italian gothic mid-1950s victor read book english claiming victor corresponded time pagan studies scholar suggested work style guide development tradition modern pagan similarly kelly stated tradition began resemble couple learned adopting elements anderson correspondence italian american encouraged anderson found circa founded naming hawaiian word moon late 1950s early 1960s initiated number individuals friend son shared interest contributed development came known tradition members lineage viewing founder noted met family aged thirteen got fight later friends particularly influenced welsh mythology visit britain spent time subsequently introducing elements early 1970s established new initiate married wife joined disbanded anderson teaching decades initiate thirty people tradition anderson described founding teachers seminal voice tradition according initiate preferred refer grand master fairy chief original word tradition claimed italian added fairy accidentally attached tradition victor mentioned word speaking nature spirits celtic magic early alternately spelled tradition fairy anderson began spelling 1990s differentiate traditions practitioners followed example claimed word original spelling adding meant things magic anderson referred form tradition writing mixed terminology adopted believing reflected underlying religious tradition drew heavily system developed according initiate teaching method informal classes academic sense conversations occasional ritual usually followed home cooked meal discussions victor non linear information remarked talking victor like trying drink fire connecting threads underlying patterns information didn apparent later non verbal component victor teaching true ability shift consciousness students level surface conversation according kelly studying victor presented unusual problems demanded respect working class grandfather ask hint disagreed worse result immediate permanent order leave tempted ask forbidden questions victor lived time totally people concepts logic consistency student told victor read new book believed true considered true history accordingly according initiate anderson took pride testing students initiated anderson tradition incorporated ideas tradition creating included aspects book spiral dance including mention iron pearl souls originated prominent initiate late 1970s developed written body teachings began offering paid classes tradition 1980s generating lineage generated controversy critics believing morally wrong charge teaching poetry final years anderson privately published blood rose contained poems authored previous years stated poem love letter goddess money publish book come savings sales barely covering costs publication second printing possible time book received republished anderson poems music album songs old religion anderson contributed work pagan magazines like anderson assembled group poems published second book released posthumously garden honor wedding anniversary authored book titled years deeming tribute husband termed definitive written work thought suffered stroke left largely effects time death running known died home september survived wife son grandchildren great grandchildren appointed woman named new tradition summer tradition survived publications appearing discussed practice magic perspective teachings anderson tradition revolved goddess named character theology accompanied male consort god named viewed union separate entities claimed goddess created twins male help divine lust desired according anderson meant mother water described having deity names tiny dark scotland ireland ancient british isles god referred stressed view deities real entities view espoused systems morality revolved largely idea stated term borrowed hawaiian language meant ing oneself clean bright free complexes stated tradition code honor sexual morality tough demanding japan added christian missionaries understand sex cult behave like bunch mad dogs heat initiation sexual act according initiation literally marry goddess dual consort gods male female involved male priest giving female initiate names god goddess female initiate wish intercourse priest ritual known took place sexual act person considered initiation female initiated male similarly sexual component according important differences taught parts soul believing adopted belief hawaii stated soul inhabited body double surrounding penetrating physical body extending human flesh colored blue gray lovely electric pink according second soul inhabited extended inches physical body believed soul lived appearing blue white gold ball light expressed belief believing allocation future organized taught incarnations soul travel surrounding earth existed defined classes nature spirits included described direct survival old religion reflecting trend community retaining faith witch cult hypothesis long academically historians believed religion emerged africa spread world believing essentially indigenous religion believed ritual tools craft alike world time place listed ritual tools raise focus power binding cord use ritual liberation raise power whip human beings rituals female life force accompanying stone wax rituals stone wooden egg honors cosmic egg god held stated rituals power raised magic operations good human race ecology necessary martial purposes according anderson poetic way looking world informed anderson claims origins changed commenting anderson believed telling spiritual truths stories important factual accounts past anderson described science wife called claimed couple scientists sense noted tradition practices sexual involved initiation set book tradition teachings passed noted tradition specific practices energetic experience
Victor Henry Anderson