Italian Witchcraft - Stregheria Books

[burn_my_lovely]

I previously asked a question about which books about Italian Witchcraft / Stregheria I should get in Recommended Books and Happydog kindly answered with: Charles Leland's "Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches". Then I edited my question to a list of recommened books since I thought it would be more appropriate for me to ask which books.. in the Books forum its self.

Alright now, I've already got the book: Italian Witchcraft: The Old Religion of Southern Europe -by- Raven Grimassi

and Happydog already referred: Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches -by- Charles Leland

I want to find out where I could buy: Ways of the Strega: Italian Witchcraft: Its Lore, Magick, and Spells -by- Raven Grimassi

ALSO, does anybody have any OTHER recommendations for Italian Witchcraft / Stregheria books? Heh, I know, I jabber a lot. Sorry! :) I appreciate any help, thanks all. Blessed be!

[Mithrea]

Amazon.com has "Ways of Stregha."

I also have "Hereditary Witchcraft: Secrets of the Old Religion" by Ravel Grimassi. It's a good read and focuses mainly on Stregha but I'm not Streghan and I liked it. :)

[burn_my_lovely]

Yeah, I looked at Amazon.com and it's Out Of Print. I'm not too sure about buying it Used from Amazon.com users, though. I might have to since I can't find the book anywhere else.

Yeah, I just now found that book: Hereditary Witchcraft: Secrets of the Old Religion -by- Raven Grimassi

I'm going to buy it from Amazon.com with my next paycheck, heh. Thanks much, though for you help and opinion on the book. :) :)

[Twilight Garden]

I know you asked for books, but as there aren't that many books strictly dedicated to Stregheria, I thought I'd give you a link. I may be mistaken, but I think there are reccommended books on this site. Not too sure.
- Fabrisia - (http://www.fabrisia.com/index.htm)

[burn_my_lovely]

Yeah, I have that link in my favorites already, heh. Thanks anyways. That's weird that they don't have anything strictly on that.. I figured they would. If I knew more about it, I may write a book on it, grr! heh. :D Thanks anyways, blessed be

[Lavender]

I know there was a couple of old threads discussion stregheria. They might have some more helpful info. I remember someone posted some links there too.

[MammaStar]

Originally posted by burn_my_lovely

I want to find out where I could buy: Ways of the Strega: Italian Witchcraft: Its Lore, Magick, and Spells -by- Raven Grimassi



I was looking at Grimassi's book yesterday in the store...i believe
"Italian Witchcraft...." is "Ways of Strega...." reprinted & updated. At least that's what I read on the back of the book. You may want to check that again.

[burn_my_lovely]

Oh, thank you very much for telling me that. :)

[raven grimassi]

I want to find out where I could buy: Ways of the Strega: Italian Witchcraft: Its Lore, Magick, and Spells -by- Raven Grimassi

ALSO, does anybody have any OTHER recommendations for Italian Witchcraft / Stregheria books? Heh, I know, I jabber a lot. Sorry! :) I appreciate any help, thanks all. Blessed be!

Ways of the Strega is out of print, but the book Italian Witchcraft is an expanded reprint of Ways of the Strega. So if you have the book Italian Witchcraft, then you essentially have Ways of the Strega. My book Hereditary Witchcraft is the sequel to the Italian material.

Books in English on Italian Witchcraft are extremely rare. Leland's Etruscan Roman Remains is an interesting look at Italian Witchcraft as viewed by a folklorist. You might want to check that one out. Another book of general interest is The Evil Eye by Elworthy. It's more of a folklore book but has some chapters related to Italian Witchcraft and Italian folk magic.

Blessings - Raven Grimassi

[tinuviel42]

Holy cow! I've read your book, Ways of the Strega! I thought it was great! My ancestry is half Italian (my dad's family) and I was so excited when I saw that there was a book about Italian witchcraft. In the chapter Raising and Drawing Power, I especially enjoyed the the part about raising an energy sphere. At the time, it was something that I'd been able to do for a few years. However, call me uncreative, but I kept wondering to myself "Ok, now I can do this nifty thing...what do I do with it now?" Seeing, in print, something that I'd figured out on my own, and then learning what I could actually use it for, was incredibly exciting. Thank you so much!
burn_my_lovely , it is definitely a book that I recommend. :)