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The Old Religion today
The
beginning of a slowly and graduated awakening of
European Old Religion started to manifests at the end of 1.800's,
thanks to the works of C. G. Leland.
The
second decisive step, succeeded in the first decade of 1.900's, thanks
to the research developed by the anthropologist Margaret A.
Murray, that, with her work, tried to partially rebuild the
Old Religion in Europe.
From
the Old Religion to Wicca
In
1939 Gerald B. Gardner was initiated to Anglo-Saxon
Old Religion.
In the
middle of the 50’s, Gardner started the Wicca,
restoring the Anglo-Saxon Old Religion, and incorporating in
it some elements of the Italian Old Religion, taken from the work of
C. G. Leland.
So,
the Old Religion did not came from Wicca, but on the contrary, Wicca
came from the Old Religion .
The
Italian Old Religion today
The
Italian Old Religion nowadays, it is not the same as it was when it
originated, but a natural evolution, updated to
reflect the demands of our times.
Perfectly
adapted to our time inclusive correctly placed within today’s
time-space frame .
In
order to bring the Old Religion back to life, I
based my work on information from the past between the early Middle age
and the Renascence.
According
to what I could gather from above, I tried to re-establish all that was
possible.
It was
a long and complicated task, but it was absolutely
necessary, as only the Gods remained unchanged through time.
The
rest continued evolving towards the light of a greater knowledge.
The
knowledge of today, gives us a greater advantage in comparison to our
ancestors, because it allows us to distinguish between myth and
reality, between superstition and truth.
Today's
followers demands are different from those of our ancestors. Our
techniques have been developed, our ways to honour the Deities have
changed, our Theology and our Philosophy have also changed, just like
the subjects that we study and the way we experiment with things in a
practical level has changed too.
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