Charge of the Goddess opening paragraph names a collection of goddesses, some derived from Greek or Roman mythology, others from Celtic or Arthurian legends, affirming a belief that these various figures represent a single Great Mother: This theme echoes the ancient Roman belief that the Goddess Isis was known by ten thousand names and also that the Goddess still worshipped today by Wiccans and other neopagans is known under many guises but is in fact one universal divinity. The second paragraph is largely derived and paraphrased from the words that Aradia, the messianic daughter of Diana, speaks to her followers in Charles Godfrey Leland's
Plancia Magna Hellenistic Gate. Plancia Magna Plancia Magna () was a prominent woman from Anatolia who lived between the 1st century and 2nd century in the Roman Empire. Plancia Magna came from a distinguished family. She was born and raised in Perga, the capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia. Her cognomen "Magna", is either from her maternal or paternal grandmother. She was the daughter of Roman Senator, Proconsul Marcus Plancius Varus and the Herodian Princess Julia. Her mother became a priestess and served in the temple of the Ancient Greek Goddess Artemis in Perga. Artemis was the most important Goddess in