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 | Aug 21, 2022 | More on My Books, Recent Posts, Strega and Italian-Americana
“A boundary-mark (terminus) was no trifling matter to Roman farmers, whose whole wealth consisted in the produce of their land”(Rose 15). Whoever plowed a boundary mark was in danger. In ancient, pre-Roman belief we find the god “Terminus.” Terminus is both the god...
by Theresa | Jan 2, 2022 | Classes
In the teachings I have received from my great-grandmother, an Italian Strega, it is time for us to attend to the containers that support, nourish and protect life systems. We call these containers or boundaries, “membranes.” This is work that is crucial...