Thursday, November 20, 2025

Roma Lister and the Origins of a Witchcraft Revival


Giuseppe Pietero Bagetti, The Walnut Tree in Benevento (the Witches’ Sabbath), ca. 1816

In 1899, Charles Godfrey Leland published Aradia, “the gospel of the witches”.  A. D. Manns conjectures that the writer, medium, and witch Roma Lister played a pivotal role in the formation of both Aradia and, therefore, a new form of paganism called Wicca.

More: The Public Domain Review

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