hunter*
October 12th, 2009, 09:54 AM
This is different from Italian Witchcraft? It goes back to the earliest times before Italy?
I have the Well Worn Path, The Hidden Path and Spirit of the Witch and have been devouring them.
I've been deeply studying a lot of metaphysics and a little wicca for almost a year. I learned a lot, but the paleolithic roots were missing and the 1950s influenced stuff was a huge turnoff. I kept looking though.
I think my grandmother might have been a witch. I've been having flashes of memories lately. My mom, a very conservative Christian with a deep belief in the need for women to be submissive, didn't like my grandmother and I saw very little of her till she died when I was 13.
I remember once overhearing my mom tell another lady my grandmother was a witch and how terrified she was of the things she did. She never spoke of it to me though. Every once in a while my mom would stare at me coldly and with ice in her voice, say " You are just like your grandmother!" When I was not acting like a good, submissive, ladylike daughter.
Once when I was alone with my grandma, she stripped me down looking for "the mark", hoping to find one on my thigh. She found one on my lower leg. She said the mark was passed from oldest daughter to oldest daughter, and my mark was watered down through my mom's 3rd born daughter's blood. My grandma was French and Native American, and born in Canada.
What I remember most about my grandmother is how regal and confident she was and the deep contrast in the way she related to men compared to my mom. They were her friends and her equals, not her caretaker and owner. She was at ease with life.
These memories or Grandma and rereading the Clan of the Cave Bear series which includes a lot of Paleolithic French spirituality, draws me forward in my studies. I think there is something in my blood and lineage calling to me.
poking around in search brings up Grimassi's Italian tradition, but not his newer, more inclusive Ash, Birch and Willow tradition. Has anyone been studying this tradition?
I have the Well Worn Path, The Hidden Path and Spirit of the Witch and have been devouring them.
I've been deeply studying a lot of metaphysics and a little wicca for almost a year. I learned a lot, but the paleolithic roots were missing and the 1950s influenced stuff was a huge turnoff. I kept looking though.
I think my grandmother might have been a witch. I've been having flashes of memories lately. My mom, a very conservative Christian with a deep belief in the need for women to be submissive, didn't like my grandmother and I saw very little of her till she died when I was 13.
I remember once overhearing my mom tell another lady my grandmother was a witch and how terrified she was of the things she did. She never spoke of it to me though. Every once in a while my mom would stare at me coldly and with ice in her voice, say " You are just like your grandmother!" When I was not acting like a good, submissive, ladylike daughter.
Once when I was alone with my grandma, she stripped me down looking for "the mark", hoping to find one on my thigh. She found one on my lower leg. She said the mark was passed from oldest daughter to oldest daughter, and my mark was watered down through my mom's 3rd born daughter's blood. My grandma was French and Native American, and born in Canada.
What I remember most about my grandmother is how regal and confident she was and the deep contrast in the way she related to men compared to my mom. They were her friends and her equals, not her caretaker and owner. She was at ease with life.
These memories or Grandma and rereading the Clan of the Cave Bear series which includes a lot of Paleolithic French spirituality, draws me forward in my studies. I think there is something in my blood and lineage calling to me.
poking around in search brings up Grimassi's Italian tradition, but not his newer, more inclusive Ash, Birch and Willow tradition. Has anyone been studying this tradition?