Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches
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Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches

Charles Godfrey Leland (1824–1903) was an American folklorist and writer with a strong interest in Italian folk traditions and esotericism. Educated in the U.S. and Europe, he devoted much of his life to collecting folklore. His most famous and controversial work, Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches (1899), claimed to reveal an underground tradition of Italian witchcraft centered on the goddess Diana and her daughter Aradia.

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Abraxas: Volume 3
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Abraxas: Volume 3

Abraxas Journal #3 offers 176 large format pages of essays, poetry, interviews and art. Printed using state-of-the-art offset lithography to our usual high standard, Abraxas 3 is richly illustrated and employs a variety of papers.

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Dreams of Witches
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Dreams of Witches

Free, pagan, transgressive: worshippers of Pan, devotees of Diana. The men and women who meet under a full moon in the wild woods danced, sing, made music, and made love; in the home they make potions and mutter spells, be it to curse or cure.

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