Stregheria
Sign in to save'''''' () is a neo-pagan tradition similar to Wicca, with Italian and Italian American origins. While most practitioners consider to be a distinct tradition from Wicca, some academics consider it to be a form of Wicca or an offshoot. Both have similar beliefs and practices. For example, honors a pantheon centered on a Moon Goddess and a Horned God, similar to Wiccan views of divinity.
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- Names
- Raven Grimassi
- Views on a historical "religion of witchcraft"
- Claims of family tradition
- Academics
- See also
- References
- Sources
' () is a neo-pagan tradition similar to Wicca, with Italian and Italian American origins. While most practitioners consider to be a distinct tradition from Wicca, some academics consider it to be a form of Wicca or an offshoot. Both have similar beliefs and practices. For example, honors a pantheon centered on a Moon Goddess and a Horned God, similar to Wiccan views of divinity.
Author Raven Grimassi has written on the topic. Grimassi taught what he called the Aradian tradition' from 1980. He discusses elements of 'Italian witchcraft' adopted by Gardnerian Wicca with ideas inspired by Charles G. Leland's Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches (1899). The name "Aradia" (a version of Herodias) is due to Leland, who claimed she was venerated by a "witch-cult" in medieval Tuscany.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stregheria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.