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Liber ab Clementia (Book of Humanity)^313

representative of the principle presented in

the Wiccan Rede as will.

Dhatri—Male—Near East

Father: Kashyapa

Mother: Aditi

Dhatri is one of the Adityas. The Hindu

month Kartika (October 23–November 21) is

sacred to Dhatri. See Adityas.

Dianchecht—Male—Central Europe

Son: Cain, Miach

Daughter: Airmid

Irish god of healing and of medicine. He is

often cited as the father of modern medicine.

Patron of doctors, healers, pharmacists, and

herbalists.

Dian—Male—Central Europe

Mother: Carman

‘Violence’—One of the aspects of the Irish

Triple God of Evil. The other two aspects are

Dub and Dother. It is interesting to note the

name similarity to the Roman Diana, who is

said in Aradia: Gospel of Witches to have sent

her daughter Aradia to show the Witches the

ways of magick such that they can violently

overthrow their oppressors. Dian’s mother is

said to be Carman, a Witch herself who taught

her children the ways of Witchcraft that they

might combat the people of the goddess Danu.

Diana—Female—Mediterranean

(Also known as Tana [Etruscan])

Lover: Lucifer, Endymion

Animal associations: Alligator, Bear, Cat, Dear

(especially stag), Dog, Elephant, Antelope,

Bee, Owl

Plant associations: Acacia, Almond, Apple,

Banyan, Beech, Birch, Damiana, Dittany of

Crete, Fir, Ginseng, Hazelnut, Jasmine, Man-

drake, Mugwort, Mulberry, Oak, Rue, Willow,

Wormwood

Roman moon goddess of Nature, child-

birth, fertility, and hunting. Her sacred month

is October. She has been associated with the

fertility of the Earth, with mountains, and the

deep forest. She was patron of the working and

lower economic class, a goddess of slaves and

wage slaves of past and present. Her following

likely persisted well into the rule of Christian

Europe when it was said she was the Goddess

of Pagans. Her worship may have continued

uninterrupted to the present day. See also

Lucifer, Aradia, and Dian. Dian might be a

male Irish counterpart, although this is wild

speculation on my part.

Incense Recipe

2 part Gum Arabic

1 part Acacia Flowers

1 part Jasmine Flowers

1 pinch Wormwood

1 pinch Mugwort

A few apple seeds

Enough Diana oil or Jasmine absolute to bind

Oil Recipe

10 drops Jasmine absolute

10 drops Birch oil

1/2 ounce base oil (try a 50/50 mixture of Al-

mond and Hazelnut oil)

Dianus—Male—Mediterranean

Plant association: Fig, Oak

Roman oak god who evolved into Janus.

Diiwica—Female—Central Europe

(Also known as Devana, Dziewona)

Animal associations: Horse, Dog

Slavic goddess of the hunt. Associated with

Diana. There could be a root word connection

between her name and the word Wicca/Wica,

especially considering the late 1800s use of the

word Wicca by Leland in reference to the wor-

ship of Diana and other remnants of the Medi-

terranean and European Pagans.

Dike—Female—Mediterranean

‘Justice’ or ‘Natural law’—Greek goddess

of justice for humanity, but a justice connected

with natural law rather than the law of man.

When Zeus saw that her job of keeping hu-

manity in tune with the laws of Nature was

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