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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Aradia de Toscano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Aradia di Toscano, or Aradia de Toscano, is the name given by Raven Grimassi for the founder of Stregheria, which he describes as "the Old Religion of Italy... |
 | | Sabina Magliocco describes the character of Aradia in Kelly's accompanying narrative as "a notably erotic character; according to her teachings, the sexual act becomes not only an expression of the divine life force, but an act of resistance against all forms of oppression and the primary focus of ritual". |
 | | Aradia di Toscano, according to Grimassi, who also calls her "The Holy Strega", or La Bella Pellegrina (the Beautiful Pilgrim), was a woman from Tuscany, born in 1313. |
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