Aradia

Aradia
Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1899
Genre: Witchcraft
ISBN:

A Community of Witches

A Community of Witches
Author: Helen A. Berger
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 1999
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781570032462

A Community of Witches explores the beliefs and practices of Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft - generally known to scholars and practitioners as Wicca. While the words "magic," "witchcraft," and "paganism" evoke images of the distant past and remote cultures, this book shows that Wicca has emerged as part of a new religious movement that reflects the era in which it developed. Imported to the United States in the late 1960s from the United Kingdom, the religion absorbed into its basic fabric the social concerns of the time: feminism, environmentalism, self-development, alternative spirituality, and mistrust of authority.

Aradia, Queen of Witchcraft

Aradia, Queen of Witchcraft
Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2024-06-05
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1528799887

In a magical collection of ancient Italian folklore, tradition, and belief, Aradia, Queen of Witchcraft is a profound gospel, foundational in modern Wicca and neopaganism. This folkloric tome invites you to explore the ancient lore and magical practices of the streghe, the wise women of Italy. Offering a glimpse into the traditions and secrets of Italian witchcraft, this classic book reveals the rituals, spells, and stories that form the heart of this rich spiritual tradition, centred around the Goddess Aradia, the Queen of Witches. Aradia, Queen of Witchcraft presents Charles Godfrey Leland's 1899 translation of an original Italian gospel alongside his curated collection of authentic poetry, charms, and folk tales from Tuscany. Exploring the history of witchcraft, this treasure trove of age-old practise embraces the powerful rituals and enduring beliefs of ancient practitioners.

The Witch's Eight Paths of Power

The Witch's Eight Paths of Power
Author: Aradia, Lady Sable
Publisher: Weiser Books
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1578635519

In his Book of Shadows, Gerald Gardner writes about the witch’s Eightfold Way as a means of developing one’s magickal abilities. In this contemporary take on the Eightfold Way, author, Witch, and High Priestess Lady Sable Aradia invites readers to explore the eight different components of evolution in witchcraft. Using exercises, meditations, and practical magick, any serious student of witchcraft will be able to master these eight paths and improve the effectiveness of their magickal work. From spells to sex rites to trance to flying ointments, Lady Sable has created a step-by-step guide to mastering the advanced arts of witchcraft.

Aradia

Aradia
Author: Craig Spencer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780738764665

First published in 1899, Aradia or the Gospel of the Witches is a fascinating record of Charles Godfrey Leland's view of Italian folk magic as told to him by hereditary Italian witches. Craig Spencer's Aradia is a new translation of the original Italian text and includes a full reprint of Leland's own words as well as notes, analysis, and commentary to help you better understand the classic manuscript and the magical practices within its pages. Aradia also includes hands-on instructions for a unique magical practice based on Leland's remarkable glimpse of 19th-century craft lore. This magical guide is designed to help you develop, expand, and enhance your current craft practices. With exercises and rituals inspired by the original manuscript, this book shares a wholly unique approach to witchcraft that harkens back to authentic practices of an earlier era.

Dedicant's Handbook To Coven Life

Dedicant's Handbook To Coven Life
Author: Taren S
Publisher:
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2020-04-06
Genre:
ISBN:

This book is designed to give the 1st Year and a Day Dedicate Witch the necessary tools and knowledge to aid them in their decision to join a coven. Also includes a complete year and a day of shadow working, prompts for creating your magickal journey and requirements to join the coven.

Aradia - Or the Gospel of the Witches

Aradia - Or the Gospel of the Witches
Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
Publisher:
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2008-10-27
Genre: Witchcraft
ISBN: 9781409241638

"Diana is the dark Goddess of Creation; and, from herself she creates the duality of light and darkness. From the darkness she finds herself, and craves for her other half - the light - and from the union of Diana and the God of Light, Aradia the Queen of the Witches is born" Adora Star.

The Gospel of the Witches

The Gospel of the Witches
Author: Charles G. Leland
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 103
Release: 2018-12-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3748156758

For brief explanation I may say that witch craft is known to its votaries as la vecchia religione, or the old religion, of which Diana is the Goddess, her daughter Aradia (or Herodias) the female Messiah, and that this little work sets forth how the latter was born, came down to earth, established witches and witchcraft, and then returned to heaven. With it are given the ceremonies and invocations or incantations to be addressed to Diana and Aradia, the exorcism of Cain, and the spells of the holy-stone, rue, and verbena, constituting, as the text declares, the regular church-service, so to speak, which is to be chanted or pronounced at the witch-meetings. There are also included the very curious incantations or benedictions of the honey, meal, and salt, or cakes of the witch-supper, which is curiously classical, and evidently a relic of the Roman Mysteries.

Ways of the Strega

Ways of the Strega
Author: Raven Grimassi
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide Limited
Total Pages: 285
Release: 1995
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781567182538

Discover, for the first time in one complete work, the rich legacy of magick and ritual handed down by Italian witches through the generations. Ways of the Strega reclaims the beliefs and practices of southern European Pagan spirituality. Learn the secrets of Janarra (lunar) witches, Tanarra (star) witches, and Fanarra (ley lines) witches. This book also details the how-to's of modern Strega traditions.

Aradia

Aradia
Author: Charles G. Leland
Publisher: BookRix
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2019-06-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 3736819447

While researching regional folklore in Tuscany during the late 19th Century, an American folklorist recieves a hand written document, the "Vangel", by a mysterious woman named Maddelena. Purportedly the last remains of an ancient Roman witchcraft religion, this forms the basis of "Aradia". Though the authenticity of "Aradia" has always been questioned, it has undoubtedly helped form the basis for neo-Pagan religion today.