Diana’s stone charm

The book behind the practice

Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches

Charles G. Leland

Chapter IV, “The Charm of the Stones Consecrated to Diana”, printed pp. 21–24, begins with finding a holed stone, taking it in the hand and speaking the incantation. The English text on p. 23 opens with gratitude for the find; p. 24 directly invokes Diana.

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About this guide

This is a shortened modern rite, not the complete ceremony. It uses the seven opening English lines on p. 23 and the first four lines addressing Diana on p. 24. The rest of the poem, gathering rue and vervain at dawn, the dream narrative and the threatening conjuration are omitted. A personal request and deliberate closing are editorial additions; the cloth is only a way to put the stone down, not a required ritual object. The separate round-stone/Red Goblin charm is not used. The earlier proposal’s chapter VI label was incorrect: this charm is chapter IV. The verified 1899 facsimile is a supplemental public reference with no Lumitheca reader edition assigned.

Source reference: external:aradiaorgospelof00lela. The saved journal entry includes the guide version, source checksum and the instructions used for this session. Time and difficulty are editorial estimates.

Diana’s stone charm.

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