Does the "Strega" tradition exist? What's the contemporary Italian witchcraft?


In this video, I will talk about the traditional Italian folk magic, which I systematised in my doctoral research as the Tradition of Segnature.


I will also mention the old and new generations and their different approaches.




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REFERENCES




De Bernardi, M. (2015) ‘Segnare la guarigione: etnosemiotica di un atto magico : lettura semiotica della pratica delle “segnature” nella prospettiva tranculturale relativa alla zona degli Appennini della regione italiana dell’Emilia Romagna’, Phd thesis, Université Toulouse le Mirail - Toulouse II [Online]. Available at https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01326386/document (Accessed 2 March 2018).




Puca, A. (2018) ‘“Witch” and “Shaman”: Discourse Analysis of the Use of Indigenizing Terms in Italy’, International Journal for the Study of New Religions, Indigenizing Movements in Europe, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 271–284.




Puca, A. (2019) ‘The Tradition of Segnature: Underground Indigenous Practices in Italy’, The Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions, no. 7, pp. 104–123.




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00:00 Introduction: The practice of Segnatore


01:35 Is there a full magic tradition in Italy?


02:43 The term Segnature


05:24 Methodology


06:43 New and old generations


08:06 Initiation


10:03 Powers and abilities


11:30 The influence of social media


14:14 What comes next


16:58 Support Angela’s Symposium






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