Aradia: Lucifer’s sister

Aradia: Lucifer’s sister.

In 1899, folklorist Charles Leland published a banned book that would later be admitted as part of the Wicca canon, titled: Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches; which tells the story of Aradiaqueen of the witches and sister of Lucifer.

Leland maintained that that strange book was, in reality, part of a larger and darker work belonging to a group of witches in Tuscany, who worshiped Diana, Aradia and Lucifer. In fact, the author assured that the text was given to him in person by a mysterious Tuscan woman named Magdalena, who also revealed to him certain aspects of that ancient cult.

According to this legend, Aradiathe goddess of the moon, and Lucifer, the god of light, are brothers. Both were born from Diana’s womb, and were raised with identical dedication, although they quickly showed certain differences in temperament.

Apparently, Lucifer He was a boy very proud of the splendor of his spirit. According to this tradition, he was not expelled from heaven during the Celestial Wars with the angels, but rather he descended of his own free will to Earth because his pride prevented him from serving the Creator.

On the other hand, Diana instructed her daughter, Aradia, much more diplomatic than her brother, to her also descending to Earth to teach men and women the art of magic. That is why it is considered that Aradia She was the first witch in history.

Leland describes Aradia as a primordial being, a mixture of angel and demon, without specific inclinations towards good or evil, or rather, with its own agenda, which can often contrast powerfully with the ethics and morals of men. However, the majority agrees in inscribing his doctrine within white magic.

While Aradia She remained on Earth, her wisdom spread mainly to women, who learned from her the art of magic in all its forms, especially applied to natural medicine. However, her stay in our world was not long. She soon returned to the inconceivable spheres where Diana lives, and from there, the legend of her tells, she observes her apprentices and she guides the steps of those women who begin on the path of Wicca.

In Aradia or the gospel of the witchesLeland assumes that the witches of Tuscany are the only ones who have managed to preserve intact the ancient wisdom of Aradiawithout deviating towards a darker and more sinister cult, such as that of Lucifermore associated with black magic.

Now, apart from Leland’s conjectures, today we know that Aradia It is a deformation of Herodias, not of that woman from the Old Testament, but of Lilith herself, the mother of vampires; an association that had already been established by Jules Michelet in his work: Satanism and Witchcraft (La Sorcière).

Within this tradition, Aradia (Lilith) would have been fathered by Ardat. She, in turn, would give birth to Alouqua, another dark deity related to vampires, and to the Lilim, those nocturnal creatures that instilled so much terror in ancient people.

In fact, the cult of Aradia It remained firm, at least, until the 6th century AD, where it was strongly condemned by the Council of Ancyra.

For some reason that no specialist has been able to fully clarify, Lucifer He gained enormous popularity, perhaps after being established as one of the main enemies of Christianity. On the other hand, her sister Aradiawas practically forgotten except for a handful of witches from Tuscany, who kept her cult alive to this day.

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