Etheric Anatomy: The Three Selves and Astral Travel [Paperback]

Victor H. Anderson (Author), Cora Anderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2004

Etheric Anatomy explains the Three Selves teaching for Witches, Wiccans, and Pagans. This book collects rare writings by Victor and Cora Anderson on etheric sight, astral sex, and Feri prayers for aligning the three souls and contacting the God Self. The author Victor H. Anderson is the founder of the Feri Tradition and one of the last Kahuna.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This is a must have for any Pagan, Witch, healer, or practicing occultist."  —Storm Faerywolf, editor, Witch Eye magazine

"An excellent key teaching for magickal spirituality seekers."  —Ben Gruagach, columnist, MysticWicks

"Even from the other side of the veil, Victor Anderson continues to offer valuable teachings to magical folk of all kinds."  —M. Macha NightMare, coauthor, The Pagan Book of the Living and Dying

About the Author

Victor H. Anderson (1917–2001) is well known as the Grand Master of the Feri Tradition. He is the author of Thorns of the Blood Rose, the classic book of Craft and love poetry. An extraordinary shaman and priest, Victor was one of the last Kahuna as well as a Houngan. He and his wife, Cora, have initiated some of the most influential speakers in Paganism today. Victor was a featured contributor to Witch Eye, Green Egg and Nemeton magazines. In 1975 he won the Clover International Poetry Competition Award.

An accident during childhood left Victor almost totally without sight. As a result, he attended a school for the blind. Largely self-educated, he had a deep love of science, literature and world spiritual traditions. He was an avid reader, storyteller and a brilliant linguist who spoke numerous languages, including Spanish, Hawaiian, Creole, Greek and Gaelic.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Acorn Guild Press (March 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971005001
• ISBN-13: 978-0971005006
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #853,457 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What every Witch should know..., March 14, 2004

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Storm Faerywolf (Bay Area, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Etheric Anatomy: The Three Selves and Astral Travel (Paperback)

In this much anticipated volume, the late Grandmaster and teacher Victor Anderson discusses in detail astral phenomena and the psychic structure of the human being, including an introduction to the Three Selves, a foundational teaching of the Feri Tradition of Witchcraft.

The book itself is presented in three parts. Part one deals with the human energy bodies and related phenomena. Drawing from his vast experience with several indigenous shamanic practices, Victor delves into the metaphysics of the human energy field, and gives examples of the different layers of auric energy, including his personal understanding of colors commonly perceived in the aura.

Part two deals with astral travel and the Three Souls, contributed by Victor's wife Cora Anderson, author of "Fifty Years in the Feri Tradition". Here we are taught traditional Feri exercises, such as the Ha Prayer (used to raise energy), the Kala Rite (to clear energy blocks), and the Flower Prayer (to contact one's Personal God). Simple exercises to develop one's own etheric sight are presented, along with a discussion of some common ailments and their psychic causes. Further teachings include techniques to facilitate astral awareness and travel.

Part three is a collection of transcribed recordings made by Victor as far back as the late 1970's detailing his own astral experiences of a sexual nature. For the first time in print, here are described personal accounts of sexuality on the astral plane as experienced by the author. Victor offers a frank discussion of human sexuality, both physical and non-, presenting views quite progressive even today, but especially for the time in which they were originally recorded.

The information presented is sound and diverse. In true shaman's style, discussions of larger topics are often peppered with commentary and personal examples, making this more than just an information manual. It is the product of personal experience and as such is an invaluable tool to anyone who wishes to understand and experience deeper levels of consciousness, regardless of one's chosen spiritual path.

This is a must have for any Pagan, Witch, healer, or practicing occultist.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Expected More, March 12, 2009

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Polly (Corpus Christi, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Etheric Anatomy: The Three Selves and Astral Travel (Paperback)

I bought this book hoping to reinforce and elaborate on what I have learned about triple souls, aligning them, and certainly hoping to learn more about kala. It is more of book of memoirs than a learning tool and I was sadly disappointed. I mean no disrespect to this book or the Andersons; I have much respect for them and wished I had the chance to have met them before they had passed. How lucky for their students to have learned under them. They certainly are wonderful people.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential, April 16, 2005

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Shloma ben Avram HaKohain "Threat to the Stat... (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Etheric Anatomy: The Three Selves and Astral Travel (Paperback)

I certainly can't add much to Storm Faerywolf's review below, but I would like to add my voice in praise of this extraordinary volume.

The teachings herein strike me as so fundamental and so profoundly important that it is a mystery to me how other Craft authors, with the exception of other Feri and/or Reclaiming Witches like Thorn Coyle and Starhawk, have failed to grasp the vital role they play in any spiritual practice. This slim volume gives more food for thought than most Craft works ten times the size.

With beautiful prose, the author penetrates body and soul, and offers extraordinary insight into the etheric body and the aura, as well as very important insights into the marriage of sex and spirit, which "transcendant" spirituality often portrays as being exclusive one from the other.

Lovely and true, it is indeed a must have for any Witch, not to mention anyone who hopes to know the God within.