Vicia and the Anderson Craft Tradition

Exercises

Everybody has a right to know how they are made and how these things work.

~ Victor H. Anderson

THE TRIUNE SOUL

The triune soul is a key concept in Vicia.

What follows is an introduction to the different entities of the soul with expanded information and exercises for each. The exercises are meant to offer stand-alone techniques suitable for any seeker.

According to the Andersons, humans have a fourfold nature: a physical body and a soul comprised of three spirit entities.

Each part of the soul is separate and distinct, yet they are also one. A rough comparison can be made to cell structure in biology. A cell is a single living thing, but may also be described as a cooperative structure formed of a nucleus, cytoplasm, and outer membrane.

As with the different parts of a cell, each part of the triune soul possesses its own characteristic traits and functions. The physical self is the living manifestation of this triune being.

The first spirit we will explore is known as the "Fetch." This spirit is associated with instinct, memory, and unconscious knowledge. Fetch is the first part of us to react emotionally.

The second sprit is known as the "Talker." This spirit is associated with ordinary rational, conscious awareness. Talker is most at home with abstract concepts and spoken or written language.

The third spirit is known as the "God Self." This spirit is associated with the divine, and can be thought of as our personal Holy Spirit or Guardian Angel. The God Self is the most highly evolved part of our being.

The Andersons considered this knowledge to be a basic human birthright. Some of their own writings on the subject appear in Etheric Anatomy: The Three Selves and Astral Travel.

Each of these three entities has its own individual and collective existence in the soul and personality, just as surely as the three atoms in a molecule of water.

~ Victor H. Anderson

A few of the terms used in Vicia for the three parts of the soul: