Aradia, part the second.
Hymne à l'Aurore
Voici que s'approche la plus belle des Lumières
Le Char Radieux du puissant Roi
La Nuit noire cède sa couche à Aurore
La brillante, la blanche vêtue de rosée
Comme deux sœurs éternelles alternant leurs couleurs
Elles ne se heurtent ni s'arrêtent
Conduites par les Dieux
Aurore éveilles toutes choses
Ouvres les portes
Toi la jeune femme à la robe éclatante
Toi qui règne sur les richesses
Aurore éclatante brilles ici bas
Embrases toi au regard du Soleil
La Déesse a jeté ses noirs ornements
Et brille maintenant sous les portiques du ciel
Dressons nous, l'esprit de vie est en nous
Les ténèbres se sont allés, la Lumière arrive
Chantons cette Aurore qui monte
Et honorons là en allumant le Feu
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I know Hecate blogged Aradia on March 4, but according to Z Budapest's Grandmother Moon, Aradia is the Goddess of this lunation, the Wind Moon. I quote:
I am Aradia, the first teacher and avatar. Welcome to magic, my children, my witches, welcome to the Full Moon's light.---Budapest, Z. Grandmother Moon. San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1991, p. 87.
Outside the Charge of the Goddess, Aradia is not well known. Looking in my various reference books, she's barely mentioned.
However, in 1899 Charles Leland published a book called Aradia purporting to be an ancient sacred text of Italian witchcraft. Although its authenticity, as with most ancient sacred books - see the controversy over the recent discovery of the Gospel According to Judas - remains in question, it is, regardless, a fascinating read. And since, as a religious group, Pagans don't run around demanding that everyone recognize that our sacred texts are The Very Absolute Unquestionable Truth As Exactly Dictated By The Big Man In Heaven To His All-Male Secretarial Staff, it can be enjoyed as most spiritual texts should be: as potentially positive and illuminating myths that assist us in understanding and relating to the world around us.
Hail Aradia!
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