Charles Godfrey Leland

“ Diana greatly loved her brother Lucifer, the god of the Sun and of the Moon, the god of Light (Splendor) , who was so proud of his beauty, and who for his pride was driven from Paradise.
Diana had, by her brother a daughter, to whom they gave the name of Aradia [i.e. Herodias] .
In those days there were on earth many rich and many poor.
The rich made slaves of all the poor.
In those days were many slaves who were cruelly treated; in every palace tortures, in every castle prisoners.
Many slaves escaped. They fled to the country; thus they became thieves and evil folk. ”

“ Diana said one day to her daughter Aradia:
E vero che tu sei uno spirito,
Ma tu set nata per essere ancora.
Mortale, e tu devi andare
Sulla terra e fare da maestra
A donne e a' uomini che avranno
Volentà di inparare la tua scuola
Che sara composta di stregonerie.
'Tis true indeed that thou a spirit art,
But thou wert born but to become again
A mortal; thou must go to earth below
To be a teacher unto women and men
Who fain would study witchcraft in thy school ”

“ Il vostro dio--io sono venuta
Per distruggere la gente cattiva
E la distruggero....
"For the true God the Father is not yours;
For I have come to sweep away the bad,
The men of evil, all will I destroy! ”