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PublisherEzreads Publications, LLC
ISBN-101615340254
ISBN-139781615340255
eBay Product ID (ePID)122741633
Product Key Features
Book TitleAradi : Gospel of the Witches
Number of Pages108 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWitchcraft (See Also Religion / Wicca), Magick Studies
Publication Year2009
GenreBody, Mind & Spirit
AuthorCharles G. Leland
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight11.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Dewey Decimal133.43
SynopsisThe 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 Italian witchcraft beliefs, a woman Leland referred to as "Maddalena" and whom he called his "witch informant" in Italy. The rest of the material comes from Leland's research on Italian folklore and traditions, including other related material from Maddalena. Leland had been informed of the Vangelo's existence in 1886, but it took Maddalena eleven years to provide him with a copy. After translating and editing the material, it took another two years for the book to be published. Its fifteen chapters portray the origins, beliefs, rituals and spells of an Italian pagan witchcraft tradition. The central figure of that religion is the goddess Aradia, who came to Earth to teach the practice of witchcraft to peasants in order for them to oppose their feudal oppressors and the Catholic Church.
