by Theresa | Jan 12, 2023 | About Divination, Recent Posts, Strega and Italian-Americana
“You need a sweep!” Was one of the common pronouncements on my way to becoming a stick diviner. This meant one needed to have “dirt,” both psychic and physical, cleaned off of them. There were all kinds of “brooms,” one made of fern, one made of feathers, one made of...
by Theresa | Oct 23, 2022 | Strega and Italian-Americana
Samhain/Halloween is October 31. All Saints Day is November 1. All Souls Day is November 2. In Italy, All Souls Day is a day to remember the ancestors and visit their graves. To anyone who is Catholic it is also a day where one can pray souls out of purgatory. This is...
by Theresa | Sep 4, 2022 | Strega and Italian-Americana
Numen/numina: Vaguely referred to as the life force in plants in many texts on Italian witchcraft. Maddeningly little information available on it. After all these years, I decided it was time to tackle this one to the ground. From dictionary.com :...
by Theresa | Jun 19, 2022 | Strega and Italian-Americana
The Italian Tradition of San Giovanni Battista(St. John’s Eve and St. John’s Day): June 23 – June 24 “24 June the feast of San Giovanni Battista took over many of the pagan rites connected to the summer solstice. In Introdacqua people walk up to Mount Playa 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...
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