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New 2nd edition paperback of my first novel, Ode to Minoa: Journey of a Snake Priestess

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...

What is a Coven?

by Theresa | Jul 1, 2019 | Strega and Italian-Americana

For many years I believed the coven was a group of women that met at certain phases of the moon and carried out sacred work dedicated to women’s medicine. I tried and tried to create a coven. My efforts kept failing. Finally, I learned the Italian word for coven,...

Interview–A Gathering of Priestesses

by Theresa | Dec 12, 2014 | Interviews Given

I was interviewed recently by Gloria Taylor Brown and Kathryn Ravenwood on the show: A Gathering of Priestesses. A Gathering of Priestesses is a series of interviews with women who are part of the spirituality movement in the world. The two women who interviewed me...

The Amazon Tree

by Theresa | Oct 1, 2014 | More on My Books

This Post is an Excerpt from my book: The Amazon Pattern. For a number of years, I was in a women’s spiritual group who met to do Earth based rituals in Northern California once a month. For reasons that were not completely clear to any of us, we called...

The Walnut Tree of Benevento Italy

by Theresa | Feb 25, 2014 | Strega and Italian-Americana

The town of Benevento, Italy is famous for the legends of its ancient walnut tree. The Streghe danced around this tree in ritual celebration until it was deliberately cut down in 662 AD. According to Raven Grimassi’s research, the spiritual power specific to the...