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,...

The text is a composite. Some of it is Leland's translation into English of an original Italian manuscript, the Vangelo (gospel). Leland reported receiving the manuscript from his primary informant on...

Si Gerald Gardner est considéré comme le père de la Wicca (en tant que mouvement), on peut alors légitimement considérer que Charles Godfrey Leland en est le grand-père, et cet ouvrage, Aradia (qui traite...