by Theresa | Apr 27, 2022 | Goddess, Strega and Italian-Americana
“On the first Thursday in May the most pagan of Christian festivals takes place in Cocullo (AQ) in honor of San Domenico Abate, whose statue is carried through the village covered with live snakes; the old snake rites connected to the goddess Angitia were passed on to...
by Theresa | Mar 13, 2022 | Goddess, Strega and Italian-Americana
A traditional celebration and acknowledgment of the spring equinox: the arrival of spring, more light and warmer weather in the northern hemisphere. We will celebrate the Italian Goddess Prosperina and her mother Ceres, who some may know as Greek Persephone and...
by Theresa | Jan 28, 2022 | Goddess, Strega and Italian-Americana
The 2002 Calendaro Abruzzese from abruzzo2000.com that I purchased and kept tells us that “5th of February is the feast of Sant’ Agata who is the ‘protector of breast-feeding women, and as such is highly venerated in the countryside, since good and abundant milk was a...
by Theresa | Jan 23, 2022 | Strega and Italian-Americana
I was not born in the Abruzzo. I was born in Keene, NH, the daughter of a second generation Italian American. I am not Italian but half of my ancestors are all from the same village in the Abruzzo: Torre de’ Passeri. My journey back to the roots of my Italian lineage...
by Theresa | Oct 13, 2021 | Recent Posts
I have recently had the opportunity to revisit and publish a second edition paperback of my first novel, Ode to Minoa: Journey of a Snake Priestess I began this book in 1995 when my daughter was two and I was able to focus on writing full time again. I had...
Membranes of Hope Book$19.99
Notes from a Diviner in the PostModern World$15.99
Ode To Minoa$15.99
The Strega and The Dreamer$16.99
Welcoming Lilith$9.99
The Amazon Pattern$15.99