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The Oscan Mother Goddess Maia and her Mountain, the Maiella

by Theresa | Feb 20, 2024 | Goddess, More on My Books, Recent Posts, Strega and Italian-Americana, The Oscan Oracle

I’ve written about the Maiella before. That powerful mountain massif in the Abruzzo region of Italy. I wrote about her in my novel, The Strega and the Dreamer. The Maiella, also spelled Majella. The mountain the people of the village of Torre de’ Passeri prayed to,...

Membrane Work

by Theresa | Feb 6, 2024 | More on My Books, Rauri Tor, Recent Posts, Strega and Italian-Americana, The Oscan Oracle

The Oscan Oracle: from the Ancient Janarra of the Moon is a book and oracle deck made up of the letters of the Oscan Alphabet. Rauri and I are sharing some of the letters/cards in the deck in this and the previous posts to give an idea of what you may find there. This...

New Podcast interview on The Mystical Positivist

by Theresa | Jan 24, 2024 | Interviews Given, Recent Posts

The Mystical Positivist is a podcast hosted by Stuart Goodnick and Robert Schmidt and dedicated to the application of reason in the pursuit of spiritual practice and development. It consists of commentary, book reviews, interviews, and discussion in and around the...

December Cold Moon Meditation

by Theresa | Dec 10, 2023 | Goddess, Meditations and Inspirations, More on My Books, Oscan Oracle Spreads, Rauri Tor, Recent Posts, Strega and Italian-Americana, The Oscan Oracle

The Oscan Oracle book includes a section called Working with Lunar Cycles with a meditation for each moon of the year. Below, Rauri and Theresa offer the December entry to help you ground and center in what is typically a very busy time of year. Working with the Lunar...

Mefitis: The Oscan Goddess of the Liminal Trance State, Liminal Places and Trance Inducing Vapors

by Theresa | Nov 19, 2023 | Goddess, More on My Books, Rauri Tor, Strega and Italian-Americana, The Oscan Oracle

In wanting to learn more about the Oscan roots of my Italian spiritual lineage, my research led me to a Goddess named Mefitis (also spelled Mephitis). Because Mefitis is an Oscan word and the Oscan version is spelled that way, I will use that spelling from here...