Goddess | Ritual Goddess

The Ancient Camenae and the Songs of the Snake Charmers of Angitia

by Theresa | Apr 26, 2026 | Goddess, Recent Posts, Strega and Italian-Americana

The Camenae “Camenae, in Roman religion, goddesses who were perhaps originally water deities, having a sacred grove and spring located outside the Porta Capena at Rome. Believed able to cure diseases and prophesy the future, the Camenae were offered libations of water...

Mefitis, the River Melfa and the Black Madonna

by Theresa | Mar 22, 2026 | Goddess, Recent Posts, Strega and Italian-Americana

Several locations of archaeological finds of temples to the Oscan Goddess Mefitis along the Melfa river in Lazio in what is now the National Park of the Abruzzo point to Mefitis being a Goddess associated with all healing waters, not only “smelly ones” and a...

What is the Wheel of the Year?

by Theresa | Nov 30, 2025 | More on My Books, Recent Posts, Strega and Italian-Americana

In a divination I received from Amy Tanzman Palmer, I was tasked with creating and carrying out eight rituals for the Pagan Wheel of the Year emphasizing my Italian roots. Once completed, I would be initiated into “The Order of the Moon.” The Pagan Wheel of the Year...

The Wild Snake Goddess of Minoan Crete

by Theresa | Mar 22, 2025 | Goddess, More on My Books, Recent Posts

The worldview displayed in the remains and artwork of the Minoan civilization (6000-1340 BCE) depicts one of moon mind and transpermeable consciousness. Similar to La Señora de Cao from the Mochi people of Peru, there is a clear reverence for life in all its forms and...

A New Way To Make Spiritual Offerings

by Theresa | May 26, 2024 | About Divination, Meditations and Inspirations, Oscan Oracle Spreads, Rauri Tor, Strega and Italian-Americana, The Oscan Oracle

Recently the spirits have shown me a new way to make offerings to them with powerful symbols and forms using stencils! Some are geometric, others archetypal, others of nature or plant life, some that are personal to me. Symbols and forms have been coming up for some...