Editing Dianic Wicca (section)

==History==
[[Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches]] claims that ancient [[Diana (mythology)|Diana]], [[Aphrodite]], [[Aradia]], and [[Aradia#Folklore|Herodias]] cults linked to the [[Sacred Mysteries]] are the origin of the all-female [[coven]] and many witch myths as we know them.

Z Budapest's branch of Dianic Wicca began on the [[Winter Solstice]] of 1971, when Budapest led a ceremony in Hollywood, California.<ref name=Budapest1 /><ref name=Adler1 /> Self-identifying as a "hereditary witch,"<ref name=Budapest1 /><ref name=Adler1 /> and claiming to have learned folk magic from her mother,<ref name=Budapest1 /><ref name=Adler1 /> Budapest is frequently considered the mother of modern Dianic Wiccan tradition.<ref name=Adler1 /> Dianic Wicca itself is named after the Roman goddess of the same name.<ref name="Oswald 2003">{{cite book
|last=Oswald
|first=Ramona Faith
|title=Lesbian rites: symbolic acts and the power of community
|year=2003
|publisher=Harrington Park Press
|location=Bringhampton, New York
|isbn=1-56023-315-X
|pages=[https://archive.org/details/lesbianritessymb0000unse/page/15 15, 16, 17]
|url=https://archive.org/details/lesbianritessymb0000unse/page/15
}}</ref>
Ruth Rhiannon Barrett was ordained by Z Budapest in 1980 and inherited Budapest's Los Angeles ministry. This community continues through Circle of Aradia, a grove of Temple of Diana, Inc.<ref name="Oswald 2003"/>