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In the fourteenth century, Aradia taught that the traditional powers of a witch would belong to any who followed in the ways of the Old Religion. Aradia called these powers gifts, because she stressed the point that these powers were the benefits of adhering to the Old Ways, and not the reason for becoming a witch. Aradia taught that a witch must observe the Seasonal Rites and the time of the Full Moon, in order to keep these powers. These are the powers:
 To bring success in love.
To bless and consecrate.
To speak with spirits.
To know of hidden things.
To call forth spirits.
To know the Voice of the Wind.
To possess the knowledge of transformation.
To possess the knowledge of divination.
To know and understand secret signs.
To cure disease.
To bring forth beauty.
To have influence over wild beasts.
To know the secrets of the hands.
From: 'Ways of the Strega' by Raven Grimassi
(Copyright by Raven Grimassi 1995, permission to reprint must be granted by author)
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