Aren all Streghe Hereditary?
No, not at this time, although for many centuries one had to be “of the blood” to be Strega. There were blood witches among those Aradia led, and certainly between her time and the late 20th Century, most streghe had been raised in family traditions. But there has long been the inclusion of spouses who appeared interested and so inclined, and a provision for bringing devoted outsiders into one of the clans. 7. Do I have to be Italian to practice Stregheria? No, you don’t. Stregheria is a spiritual path that is open to all. It is, however, based on traditional Italian witchcraft and does have an Italian flavor. It is primarily derived from Etruscan religion rather than Roman. 8. Do the Streghe worship the Roman Gods and Goddesses? In the Arician Tradition, we worship a pantheon that is different from the urban gods of the Romans. Some of those deities were shared, however, with the Latins, and some with the Etruscans, and some of them are in our pantheon, most notably Diana, whose worsh
