{"id":10239,"date":"2019-02-21T12:52:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T19:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10239"},"modified":"2019-02-21T12:55:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T19:55:19","slug":"anderson-feri-tradition-material-cataloged-at-valdosta-state-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10239","title":{"rendered":"Anderson\/Feri Tradition Material Cataloged at Valdosta State University"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Victor Anderson, apparently wearing a lei (Wikimedia Commons).<\/p><\/div>\n

Victor Anderson (1917\u20132001)<\/a> and Cora Anderson (1915\u20132008) founded the Feri tradition of Witchcraft (which had multiple spellings). Since their passing, their papers and home library has been divided among several recipients: the Oakland, Calif., public library, the New Alexandrian Library<\/a>, and some private purchasers.<\/p>\n

A large number of their books, 171 to be exact, have been added to the growing Pagan archives at Valdosta State University in Georgia. Special-collections librarian Guy Frost has now cataloged them as the “Victor and Cora Anderson Library, 1921\u20131998<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The books chosen, Frost explains, were ones that were not already in the university’s “parent collection, New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library<\/a>. A bibliography of the full library as well as the disposition of the items is planned. All titles in this collection have been cataloged separately.” He has also written a lengthy historical note<\/a> on the Andersons and Feri.<\/p>\n

The library also has a large collection of materials relating to Max Freedom Long<\/a>, whose work was a big influence on the Feri\/Faerie\/Fairy tradition.<\/p>\n

Coming next will be a large collection from Aquarian Tabernacle Church<\/a> founder Pete Davis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Victor Anderson (1917\u20132001) and Cora Anderson (1915\u20132008) founded the Feri tradition of Witchcraft (which had multiple spellings). Since their passing, their papers and home library has been divided among several recipients: the Oakland, Calif., public library, the New Alexandrian Library, and some private purchasers. 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