by Theresa | Dec 18, 2022 | Goddess, More on My Books, Recent Posts, Strega and Italian-Americana
Winter solstice is a time for birthing. It is the birth of light, the birth of the sun. What do we want to birth? What do we want to pull forward from the other dimensional realms into this one? What is this? Read about why I am creating an Abruzzo-Italiana Wheel of...
by Theresa | Dec 8, 2022 | Goddess, More on My Books, Recent Posts, Strega and Italian-Americana
While researching the truth and myth around ancient warrior women called Amazons for my book The Amazon Pattern, I stumbled into unexpected territory —Amazon warrior women—Icamiabas—in South America. It soon became clear that I was sitting atop a huge mountain of...
by Theresa | Jul 31, 2022 | Goddess, Strega and Italian-Americana
The Goddess Ops has her roots in pre-Roman Italy. Her name is from Opis which is latin for plenty. She is often correlated with the earth and fertility, fruitfulness, riches and prosperity. She is often depicted with a crown on her head and called a Queen. Wiki tells...
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...