Etruscan Roman Remains
Charles Leland
Folklorist Charles Leland was sixty-seven years old when he informed a colleague that he had stumbled upon all the principal deities of the Etruscans still existing as spirits, or “folletti,” in the Romagna area of Italy. Having conducted extensive research on Italian folklore and magic, Leland presented his findings in this book, which he regarded as his magnum opus. In the author’s words, “Aradia, or The Gospel of the Witches, as I have given it, is in reality only the initial chapter of the collection of ceremonies, ‘cantrips,’ incantations, and traditions current in the fraternity or sisterhood, the whole of which are in the main to be found in my Etruscan Roman Remains.”