The original text that became The Charge of the Goddess had a lil more hardcore Bitch in it.
Might be time to bring that back ;)
Leland’s text, which reads as follows, is a speech that Aradia, daughter of Diana, delivers to her pupils:
When I shall have departed from this world,Whenever ye have need of anything,Once in the month, and when the moon is full,Ye shall assemble in some desert place,Or in a forest all together joinTo adore the potent spirit of your queen,My mother, great Diana.She who fainWould learn all sorcery yet has not wonIts deepest secrets, them my mother willTeach her, in truth all things as yet unknown.And ye shall all be freed from slavery,And so ye shall be free in everything;And as the sign that ye are truly free,Ye shall be naked in your rites, both menAnd women also: this shall last untilThe last of your oppressors shall be dead;And ye shall make the game of Benevento,Extinguishing the lights, and after thatShall hold your supper thus…
🙋🏻♀️ yup! Let's bring it back.