There is a multitude of groups, organisations and communities that represent a worldview which agrees with that of Via Electri, as well as those which are of interest to our goals and practices. This article begins our introduction of such Traditional European Pagan communities with the Italian group Societas Hesperiana that was founded in 2010. The full name of the association is ”Societas Hesperiana pro Cultu Deorum (S.H.C.D.) and in English it means ”The Hesperian Community of those who make cult to the Gods”. The name ”Hesperian” refers to the archaic name of the Italian peninsula, Hesperia, meaning ”Land of the Twilight, Western Land”. The association honours the Roman pantheon and practices the Italic Ethnic Religion. The association also pays specific attention to the local dimension and regional variations of the ancient religion of Northern Italy, known by the Romans as Gallia Cisalpina. More on the society can be found on their website (link).
SOCIETAS HESPERIANA
Turning away from an anti-spiritual conception of life that destroys Man and Nature, we return conscious of the most natural way to be spiritually Italians and Romans in our own, still beautiful, sacred Land. It’s not an easy path and ours is not an easy task: we want to win our world back, better than before."The Roman-Italic rituals and their sources"
Roma Renovata Resurgit! - Rome Renewed Rises!