Here are thirteen principles as taught by Aradia, which will teach you much about the pagan belief of the Vecchia Religione as it once was and as it still is today.
The Thirteen Principles
Here is the list of the thirteen principles of Aradia:
We believe that the Source of All Things, the Great Spirit, is both masculine and feminine in nature.
We believe that humans carry within them the divine spark of their Creators and that they are actually temporary beings of physical matter.
We believe in Reincarnation and see it as a process to begin to free the soul from the physical dimension.
We believe in psychic faculties and see the "supernatural" as a natural thing, outlawed by Judaic and Christian cultures, but restored through the practice of the Old Religion.
We believe magic is a manifestation of spirit-directed energy through various ancient techniques.
We believe in other dimensions, worlds, spheres, realities and immaterial creatures, such as fairies.
We believe in the Law of Action-Reaction. Which says that what we do influences and affects others and what others do influences and affects us. Therefore, we do everything in our power to live in harmony and peace with everything around us, which implies that we pay attention to our thoughts and actions.
We believe in Karma, that is to say in everyone's responsibility and in the consequences of our actions.
We believe in Love, Life and Harmony, these three values are the foundation of our belief and our spirituality.
We believe in the expression of religious beliefs through rites, ceremonies, celebrations and festivals.
We believe in the Energy of the Earth, which means that we recognize that there are places of power, of natural power on Earth, as well as the magical and medicinal properties of natural objects, such as plants and the crystals.
We believe that the spirit always evolves successfully, therefore death is a positive stage of life, just as we believe in a positive and happy afterlife, without it being a "paradise" such that of which the Jews and the Christians speak.
We believe that all existing things are of equal importance, since everything is linked and connected in the great cycle of life.
