La Bella Pelegrina (The Beautiful Pilgrim)
Aradia de Toscano was born August 13, 1313 in Volterra, Italy.
Her mother was the Goddess Diana. Some refer to her father as Apollo, Lucifer, Dianus, or deny her father all together . She lived with the peasant slaves who had escaped into the hills and forests near Nemi, Italy. She taught the Old Religion and preached freedom .
Her fame spread to the Church and she was arrested for heresy and placed in prison. There she was tortured and sentenced to death. On the day the priests were to meet with her she was not found in her cell. She was later seen teaching the Old Religion to her people again. When later trapped by soldiers and priests, knowing there was no escape, she said, "I rebuke you, and I cast you out from the people because you teach punishment and shame to those who would free themselves from the slavery and the Church. These symbols and apparel of authority which you bear serve only to hide the nakedness in which we are all equal. You say that you serve your God, but you serve only your own fears and restrictions."
She was arrested for heresy and treason. Again she was sentenced to death, and again she escaped. She returned to her followers and picked several upon whom to bestow her final teachings. She taught the Ages of past, Age of the Mother and Age of the Father. The current Age was the Age of the Son to be followed by the Age of the Daughter. Lastly she gave her people the Covenant of Aradia. From Italy it is believed she traveled East, since persecution of witches had begun in the West.
The persecution of witches did not occur in Italy until the mid to late 1300's. This is later than the rest of Europe. It was documented in 1508 by Bernardo Rategno, an Italian Inquisitor, that an increase of the "witches sects" begun approximately in 1350. This would correspond with the time Aradia would have been in Italy teaching the Old Religion.
---inace ovo mi je jedna od zanimljivijih povijesno/mitskih osoba...nikad Aradijino postojanje nije dokazano..al nije bad..jer ionako to nije bitno..
p.s. sorry za copy/paste..nije mi se pisalo...
Post je objavljen 01.11.2005. u 10:27 sati.