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  • Allan W. Anderson was a distinguished Professor of Philosophy at San Diego State University from 1962 until his retirement in 1985.
  • Allan William Anderson, poet, author, Professor Emeritus, beloved teacher, scholar of the Oracular Tradition, born July 18, 1922, died peacefully at home in.

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    July 18, 1922 – March 11, 2013

    Allan W. Anderson was a distinguished Professor of Philosophy at San Diego State University from 1962 until his retirement in 1985. During that time, Prof. Anderson taught and mentored students bygd actively fängslande them in a sökande eller uppdrag for truth that ultimately pointed back within themselves. One of the books that Dr. Anderson often used as a classroom text was I Am That, the well-known book of dialogues of Nisargadatta Maharaj that was compiled and edited by Maurice Frydman.

    One of Prof. Anderson’s students commented, “I would say Dr. Anderson was unique, he was one of a kind. He had a huge, huge following of students—always an overflow in each class, including some of the other professors on campus. What attracted all of us to him, inom think, was his authenticity as a person and the authenticity of his teaching. He spoke to the essence of tro. He would always speak from the heart, and he would raise a question then ponder it from different

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    Allan H Anderson

    Witchcraft, Spirits, and Misfortune

    Spirit-Filled World, 2018

    The second aspect of the African spirit world is the ubiquitous realm of witchcraft and misfortun... more The second aspect of the African spirit world is the ubiquitous realm of witchcraft and misfortune or "bad luck." Full of curses, evil spirits, nature spirits, and witch familiars, it is a dreadful and powerful realm from which people need constant protection. This chapter discusses this world of spirits and their pervasiveness, where there are disembodied spirits (both good and evil ones), which have mysterious and unknown forms, in contrast to the "embodied" ancestors discussed in the last chapter, who are always recognisable. There is also the frequent troublemaking of the nocturnal witch familiar, the tokoloshe. Through the influence of Christianity, sometimes the biblical words "demon" and "devil" are applied to these spirits. This chapter discusses how

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    Allan William Anderson, poet, author, Professor Emeritus, beloved teacher, scholar of the Oracular Tradition, born July 18, 1922, died peacefully at home in San Diego, March 11, 2013.

    All the world is a prayer, whether I pray or no
    And the prayer I might have prayed
    God heard and knew as tho
    ---Allan W. Anderson

    Well versed in Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Sanskrit, German, French and Chinese, Allan Anderson was a gifted religious linguist. Upon graduation with a double degree from Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary, he was recruited by San Diego State University as an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department to teach Asian Studies. In 1967, Dr. Anderson was instrumental in founding the newly formed Religious Studies Department. He received an Excellence in Teaching Award from the State of California in 1970.

    During his tenure he taught an eclectic series of classes on fascinating topics such as: The Oracular Tradition, Ways of Spiritual Transfor

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