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Aradia, or the Gospel of Witches

Aradia, or the Gospel of Witches is an 1899 book by Charles Godfrey Leland. The book is an attempt to portray the beliefs and rituals of an underground religious witchcraf tradition in Tuscany that had survived for centuries until Leland's claimed discovery of its existence in the 1890s. Scholars have disputed the veracity of this claim. Still, the book has become foundational texts of Wicca and Neo-paganism. more...

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Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León first sighted Florida, purportedly while searching for the Fountain of Youth in the New World. more...

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Did you know that when the English actress Lucia Elizabeth Vestris took over the Olympic Theatre in 1830, she became the first ever female actor- manager in the history of London theatre?more...

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In Northern Ireland, members of the DUP and Sinn Féin, led respectively by Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams, meet face-to-face for the first time, more...

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