Welcome
to the portal of the Italian Old Religion.
This
web site was born as a point of reference for all that are already
practicing or would like to learn the teachings of the Old
Religion.
The
Old Religion is the religion of the Ancient Primordial Gods.
The
term Old Religion was brought back to life by the American Charles
Godfrey Leland, who studied folklore and the folk traditions of
the ancients. He is also the author of the book "I Canti di
Aradia - The Gospel of Italian Witches".
In
1888, whilst researching in Italy, Leland was initiated into an
Italian tradition of the Old Religion, called "della Toscana
Romagna".
This
tradition probably came from the teachings of a Great Priestess of
the Old Religion known by Aradia back in the 1300s.