Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches

Charles G. Leland’s *Aradia* presents itself as a collection of Italian folk-witch traditions centered on a messianic figure, Aradia, and a rural magical worldview. Though its historical claims are debated, the book became highly influential in the development of modern witchcraft and Wiccan imagination, and readers will find myths, charms, prayers, and folklore presented in a quasi-scriptural form.