Aradia, Ηρωδιάς κλπ κλπ

In 1899, the American folklorist Charles Leland published "Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches", a book which he claimed was the religious text belonging to a group of Tuscan witches who venerated Diana as the Queen of the Witches. He also claimed that he had been given the book by a Tuscan woman named Maddalena, although historians such as Ronald Hutton have disputed the truth of these such claims.

Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches began with the tale of Aradia's birth to Diana and Lucifer, who is described as "the god of the Sun and of the Moon, the god of Light (Splendour), who was so proud of his beauty, and who for his pride was driven from Paradise". Diana instructed Aradia to "go to earth below / To be a teacher unto women and men / Who fain would study witchcraft". When Aradia descended, she became the first of all witches, and promised her students that "ye shall all be freed from slavery, / And so ye shall be free in everything".

Aradia was described as having continuing power to affect the world after she returned to the sphere of Diana. For example, in "A Spell to Win Love", the "Invocation to Diana" asked Diana to send her daughter Aradia to perform the magic. Leland's Aradia had a chapter containing folklore about the night assembly or banquet titled, "The Sabbat: Tregunda or Witch Meeting," which involved Diana.Leland commented in the Appendix, "I also believe that in this Gospel of the Witches we have a trustworthy outline at least of the doctrine and rites observed at these meetings [the witches' Sabbat]. They adored forbidden deities and practised forbidden deeds, inspired as much by rebellion against Society as by their own passions."
Leland speculated that this folklore ultimately had roots in ancient Etruscan mythology.
Leland also equated Aradia with Herodias, explaining his speculation that Herodias was actually Lilith. 

Και λοιπά και λοιπά και λοιπά λέει η wikipedia για το ζήτημα (ή για το πρόσωπο, ίσως) της Aradia, η οποία φαίνεται πως απασχολεί κάμποσους (μάλλον όχι λίγους - αλλά το ποσοτικό μέρος του πράγματος μόνο να το υποθέσω μπορώ) συνανθρώπους μας στη νότια Ευρώπη, δεδομένου πως η wikipedia συνεχίζοντας λέει ότι:

Aradia has become an important figure in Wicca as well as some other forms of Neo-Paganism. Some Wiccan traditions use the name "Aradia" as one of the names of the Great Goddess, Moon Goddess or "Queen of the Witches". Portions of Leland's text influenced the Gardnerian Book of Shadows, especially the Charge of the Goddess.Alex Sanders invoked Aradia as a Moon Goddess in the 1960s. Janet and Stewart Farrar used the name in their Eight Sabbats for Witches and The Witches Way. Aradia was invoked in spellcraft in Z. Budapest's The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries. An entire website, the Goddess Aradia and Related Subjects, is devoted to Aradia as a Wiccan goddess and a powerful spirit in Italian folklore.
Aradia is a central figure in Stregheria, an "ethnic Italian" form of Wicca introduced by Raven Grimassi in the 1980s.

Και λοιπά και λοιπά και λοιπά, για ένα ζήτημα που -όπως είπαμε- δείχνει να απασχολεί κάμποσους συνανθρώπους μας στη νότια Ευρώπη.

Στα πλαίσια λοιπόν ενός γενικευμένου "ασμπέτε" που έλεγε και μια παλιά ελληνική ταινία, θέτω εδώ τον σύνδεσμο προς το λεγόμενο "ευαγγέλιο της Αράντια" (διαισθητικά -ή κάπως έτσι- υποθέτω ότι η ορθή προφορά ΔΕΝ είναι "αράντια", αλλά τέλος πάντων), έτσι, για να' χεις κάτι εξωτικό να διαβάζεις τις ζεστές Αυγουστιάτικες ώρες, ω, ευγενέστατε αναγνώστα.
Στα αγγλικά βέβαια -λινκάκι με ελληνική απόδοση δεν βρήκα.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/aradia/ara03.htm

Κι αν με ρωτήσεις "είναι σοβαρά πράματα αυτά?" θα σου απαντήσω πως όλα όσα μας περιβάλλουν (συμπεριλαμβανομένων των ιδεών που ίπτανται γύρω μας) σοβαρά είναι και χρήζουν της προσοχής μας -ειδικά εάν και εφόσον επηρεάζουν εμάς ή τους συνανθρώπους μας.