Aradia

The Patron Goddess of Heretic Witchcraft

### Titles

The Messianic Goddess of Witchcraft, Great Goddess, Moon Goddess, Queen of the Witches, Lady of the East, Radiant Queen

## Profile

### Personify

Salvation, Magic, Witchcraft, Witches, Femininity

## Relationships

### Other Relationships

Trivia (Teacher), Apollo (Maternal Uncle), Other True Archangels (Parental Uncles and Aunts), God (Parental Grandfather), Jupiter (Maternal Grandfather), Latona (Maternal Grandmother)

## Other

### Status

Alive

**Aradia** is the messianic daughter of the goddess Diana and Lucifer who came to Earth to teach witchcraft to her oppressed worshipers for them to use against the Roman Catholic Church and the upper class.

## Overview

Aradia is the daughter of the god of light and the moon goddess Diana (who was possessed by the Triple Goddess), who came to Earth to free people from slavery and teach them the mystical and healing arts. She represents the embrace of their own shadow, which might be seem scary, but makes them stronger and wiser in the end. Aradia was sent to Earth by her mother Diana, the Protectors of the Witches and Roman Goddess of the Moon, to teach Witchcraft to men and, thus, bring back the pagan religions of old.

Some Wiccan traditions use the name Aradia as one of the names of the Great Goddess, Moon Goddess or "Queen of the Witches." Some Wiccan traditions use the name Aradia as one of the names of the Triple Goddess, a major deity in Wicca.

While originally "created" by Charles Godfrey Leland, Aradia eventually became an important figure in Wiccan and Neo-pagan religions.

## Myths and Legends

She is one of the principal figures in the American folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland's 1899 work Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches, which he believed to be a genuine religious text used by a group of pagan witches in Tuscany, a claim that has subsequently been disputed by other folklorists and historians. The folklorist Sabina Magliocco has theorized that prior to being used in Leland's Gospel, Aradia was originally a supernatural figure in Italian folklore, who was later merged with other folkloric figures such as sa Rejusta of Sardinia. By the High Middle Ages, this figure seems to have become attached to the train of nymphs of Diana, now also seen as a host of spirits flying through the night across the Italian countryside.

In 1992, Aidan Kelly, co-founder of the New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn, distributed a document titled "The Gospel of Diana." The text contained a list of mother and daughter priestesses who had taught religious witchcraft through the centuries. Instead of Leland's goddess Diana and her messianic daughter Aradia, Kelly's text described mortal human beings. The priestesses' names alternated between Aradia and Diana. Magliocco describes the character of Aradia in Kelly's accompanying narrative as "a notably erotic character; according to her teachings, the sexual act becomes not only an expression of the divine life force, but an act of resistance against all forms of oppression and the primary focus of ritual." Magliocco also notes that the text "has not achieved broad diffusion in contemporary Pagan circles."

## Quotes

* *"Lady of the East, I pray You, please protect Your devotees and shoot Your arrows against those who want to destroy us. Hail to You, Radiant Queen! Hail to You, Lady of the East!"* - A calling Chant to Aradia.

* *"I am Aradia,
Daughter of the sea
and daughter of the wind;
daughter of the Sun,
and daughter of the Moon;
daughter of dawn,
and daughter of sunset;
daughter of night,
and daughter of the mountains."* - Aradia, Wicca by Vivianne Crowley.

## Trivia

* According to some sources, Aradia was born from Diana and her twin brother Apollo.

## Image Sources

* (Ally-ribeiro-aradia.jpg) Aradia by Ally Ribeiro
* (Aradia by cemac d2mpjqv-fullview.jpg) Aradia by cemac
* (Aradia Goddess Of Witches.jpg) Aradia by ErikVonLehmann
* (Leadjockey-aradia-queen-of-witches.jpg) Aradia-Queen of Witches by Leadjockey
* (Aradia.jpg) Aradia from Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
* (Aradia 2.jpg) TO THE RADIANT QUEEN, THE LADY OF THE EAST - G.M. by Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches