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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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