Notes from a Diviner in the Postmodern World
Notes from a Diviner in the Postmodern World

Author: Theresa C. Dintino

Publisher: Theresa C. Dintino

Published: 2016-06-16

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 194447613X

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What does it mean to bring indigenous wisdom to the postmodern world? How do divination and ritual fit into modern society? How does one integrate ancient spiritual teachings into a western mindset while remaining true to the original meaning? Notes from a Diviner in the Postmodern World: A Handbook for Spirit Workers is a guidebook for both diviners and spirit workers of any tradition. In this book Dintino describes what she calls the landscape of the otherworld, revealed to her through spirits—ancestors, archangels, elemental and light beings—in her divinations. Whatever your spiritual tradition, there’s always a shared landscape of the otherworld. Understanding the landscape will help you navigate your own spiritual terrain. Learning how to be an effective diviner and spirit worker also means that you must interact fully with the wisdom of the place where you live, which includes learning from all living things including mountains and water. This powerful handbook teaches you how to heal your world by exploring inter-dimensional realms and ultimately becoming a spiritual steward of the Earth. “When I became a diviner, I did not expect to encounter a landscape in the otherworld that I would become familiar with and navigate more easily as I continued to divine. I am still exploring this landscape, but wanted to share some of the things I have learned in order to help those interested in the dimensional realms understand better what they are seeing. What I have included in this book is not meant to be rigid; it is a conversation and a guide.”

Teachings from the Trees
Teachings from the Trees

Author: Theresa C. Dintino

Publisher: Theresa C. Dintino

Published: 2016-03-21

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 1944476148

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In Teachings from the Trees: Spiritual Mentoring from the Standing Ones, Theresa C. Dintino offers guidance and instruction about how to work energetically with the trees. She gives detailed accounts of what the trees have taught her and relates the story of her relationship to specific trees. In this book you will learn how to– *Locate and communicate with trees who will become your allies. *Build healing space for your community. *Release trapped or stuck spirits who were unable to properly cross into the ancestral realm. *Clean up locations on the land from infractions and trauma. *Interact with guardians and groves. *Steward the land and community you serve by becoming embedded in your local root system and developing a network of healing energy. You will also meet some of Theresa’s personal tree guides including, The Moon Tree, The Dragon Tree and The Grandmother Oak. The history and legacy of the human relationship to trees is a long one. It’s time to reignite it for the benefit and care of Mother Earth.

The Oscan Oracle
The Oscan Oracle

Author: Rauri Tor

Publisher: Theresa C. Dintino

Published: 2024-04-25

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1735429538

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The Oscan Oracle is the story of recovering a spiritual lineage from Italy that was lost in the great migrations of the early 20th century. It is also a reference guide which accompanies a divination system, akin to a tarot deck or ancient rune stones. It is Oscan because they, Theresa and Rauri, an aunt-niece duo, discovered that their ancestors, the Janarra, were Oscan-speaking peoples. This oracle is made up of the letters of the Oscan alphabet. The Oscan language was actively spoken in regions of what is now Italy, in pre-Roman times, from 600 BCE–1 CE. You may choose to read through The Oscan Oracle as a book. You may choose to acquire the card deck at ritualgoddess.com and use them as a divination system, asking a question, then choosing a card. Or, you may choose to simply open the book and stop at what appeals to you. What is an oracle? Many people know the word oracle from the famous oracular sites of the ancient world at Dodona and Delphi, where a high priestess provided oracle in the form of prophecy or advice in response to questions asked in a formal setting. But oracle is also the term for the person who offers oracle. Our ancient ancestors of the Italian spiritual lineage were oracles. Though they did not have formal temples and a hierarchical structure, they were skilled at interfacing with the spirit world and delivering that information to their community for its general well- being. Our ancestors spoke to the trees, listened to the wind, and prayed to the Earth. We also call this work an oracle because it is a way for you, the reader, to engage with the spirit world, including undiscovered parts of yourself, the cosmos, ancestors, and your spiritual belief system. Rauri Tor is of the ancient medicine lineage of the Italian Janarra as well as a Celtic Seer. She resides deep in the woods of the East Coast with her family, dog, cats, chickens, and a plethora of wild being allies. You can reach Rauri by email at: [email protected] Theresa C. Dintino is a diviner and writer living in Sebastopol, CA. She has dedicated the past 12 years to the work of restoring her ancestral Italian spiritual lineage.

Membranes of Hope
Membranes of Hope

Author: Theresa C Dintino

Publisher:

Published: 2020-12

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9781735429502

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The membrane is a permeable boundary with intelligence and discernment that allows in or keeps out that which it senses is appropriate for the lifesystems within it. Spiritual, etheric, or bioenergetic membranes encase and enclose lifesystems, from the cells in our bodies to the cosmos around us. They contain, protect, and inform our personal souls, families, villages, the Earth, and extend out into the universe. The role of the spirit worker has always been to tend to, support, and keep these membranes strong and supple so that what is held within them not only survives but thrives. In this book, Theresa C. Dintino defines this revolutionary concept and offers the reader tools to learn how to engage in this work at any level they wish to participate. There is no better time for this book and the work that flows out of it. Join the movement to care for and repair the membranes at their many levels to restore and maintain health in the lifesystems of the planet. Theresa C. Dintino is the author of eight books and serves as a guide and spiritual mentor to many. While attempting to reclaim and restore her ancestral medicine lineage, the Italian Strega tradition, Dintino was surprised to be "claimed" by the West African Dagara tradition of stick divination. Honored by this invitation, Dintino pursued it, and in 2011 was initiated into this potent form of divination. Besides her family and daughter, this turned out to be the greatest gift of her life. Stick divination helped Dintino find her way back to her own lineage and enables her to help others find and restore theirs. This beautiful practice of Dagara stick divination continues to offer countless gifts. In multiple divination sessions, Dintino was taught about the spiritual membranes that protect, nurture and inform lifesystems.

Welcoming Lilith
Welcoming Lilith

Author: Theresa C Dintino

Publisher: Wise Strega Books

Published: 2017-01-23

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781944476113

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Lilith is a Goddess and mythological figure who is misunderstood. She is reputed to be Adam's first wife before Eve, and she represents the first powerful and liberated female in history. Then why was she banished? Through commentary and reflection on the multifaceted aspects of Lilith, Theresa C. Dintino guides the reader on an exciting inner journey to reclaim her own repressed parts. By examining how these Lilith energies may show up in her own life, the reader is encouraged to do the work to bring them back to life. Rituals included in the book offer the opportunity to explore these powerful but often feared aspects. Reclaiming the lost fragments-her power, her anger, her shadow, her sexuality, her creativity and her deep inner truth-returns the female psyche to a state of wholeness and integration.

Ode to Minoa
Ode to Minoa

Author: Theresa C. Dintino

Publisher: Wise Strega Books

Published: 2021-10-07

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9781735429526

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In the community of Minoa in Bronze Age Crete, the Snake Goddess is a potent force that humans interact with. The priestesses engage in trance journeys brought on by controlled ingestion of snake venom. Through trance they gather prophetic information for the community. When Aureillia, a Snake Priestess of Minoa, begins having visions of an unspeakable evil, her simple life is thrown into turmoil. Her Bronze Age community of Crete ruled by the cycles of the moon will soon be affected by another force. Visions of the future lead Aureillia to a loss of innocence and the discovery of her extraordinary powers. Dintino weaves a fast moving narrative of intrigue and suspense as she recreates the culture of Minoan Crete where the Goddess, sensuality and beauty are venerated. "Highly recommended." "...a gorgeously written tale of love and personal evolution." "The imagery in the book is incredible and I found it spellbinding." "If you ever wondered what it might be like to be a Minoan Snake Priestess, Dintino takes you there intimately." If you want to experience a time when women were empowered and humans lived in balance with the earth, read this book. This is an updated second edition of the paperback title.

Divination and Healing
Divination and Healing

Author: Michael Winkelman

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2022-08-23

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0816550573

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Divination is an important feature of cultures all over the world. While some may still question the efficacy of divination systems, they continue to serve their communities by diagnosing ailments, prescribing healing treatments, and solving problems. Yet despite their universality, there are relatively few comprehensive studies of divination systems. This volume seeks to fill this gap regarding the use of divination in healing. Here some of the world’s leading authorities draw on their own fieldwork and participation in ritual to present detailed case studies, demonstrating that divination rituals can have therapeutic effects. As the contributors examine the systems of knowledge that divination articulates and survey the varieties of divinatory experience, they seek to analyze divination as an epistemological system, as a social process, and as a therapeutic endeavor. While some of their findings reinforce traditional assumptions about the importance of social control, spirit relations, and community support in the divination process, the authors place these considerations within new epistemological frameworks that emphasize the use of alternative modes of knowing. In this wide-ranging volume, readers will find coverage of classic Ifa systems; Buddhist-influenced shamanic practices in the former Soviet Union; the reconciliation of Muslim beliefs and divinatory practices in Thailand; Native American divination used in diagnosis; Maya calendrical divination in Guatemala; mediumistic and chicken oracle divination among the Sukuma of Tanzania; Ndembu divination, focusing on the process of collective healing; and divination among the Samburu (Maasai) of Kenya, featuring dialogues from actual healing sessions. Together, these contributions argue for new perspectives on the study of divination that emphasize not only the epistemological roots of these systems but also their multifaceted therapeutic functions. Divination and Healing is a rich source of both data and insight for scholars of ritual, religion, medical anthropology, and the psychology of altered states of consciousness.

New World Myth
New World Myth

Author: Marie Vautier

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1998-01-06

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 0773566880

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There is an emphasis on de-constructing, de-centring, de-stabilizing, and especially de-mythologizing in the study that illustrates New World myth narrators questioning the past in the present and carrying out their original investigations of myth, place, and identity. Underlining the fact that political realities are encoded in the language and narrative of the works, Vautier argues that the reworkings of literary, religious, and historical myths and political ideologies in these novels are grounded in their shared situation of being in and of the New World.

Stories They Told Me
Stories They Told Me

Author: Theresa Dintino

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2003-12

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0595302254

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In an underground temple on the Island of Malta, Aureillia and Danelle witness a vision of the future that shocks and horrifies them, propelling them on to individual journeys of discovery. Danelle journeys to Africa. There, with the local shaman, he explores the heartbreaking questions of his soul. Aureillia returns to her home in Bronze Age Crete where the shock waves of a prophecy told long ago resonate in ways unexpected. Can they find a way to change the future that appears to loom inevitable? If you are interested in shamanism, the Goddess, gender reconciliation, or spiritual journeys of any kind, this is a book for you. Dintino weaves this multi-layered tale with such intensity and compassion, the characters emerge from the page and envelop you in the mesmerizing spell of their soulfulness.

Pagan Prayer Beads
Pagan Prayer Beads

Author: John Michael Greer

Publisher: Weiser Books

Published: 2007-05-01

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9781578633845

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Religions from around the world--Buddhism, Hinduism, Catholicism, Islam, and many more, including the Pagan earth religions--use prayer beads as useful guides to remembering prayers and principles. Pagan Prayer Beads by John Michael Greer and Clare Vaughn is a unique and practical introduction to the design, creation, and use of Pagan rosaries, teaching the reader to design and make personal prayer beads for use in myriad spiritual practices. Co-written by a beading expert (Clare Vaughn) and one of the leading lights in modern Paganism (John Michael Greer), this book will garner an eager audience--from beginners to elders--looking for new inspiration in their personal spiritual practice. Beautifully written, instructive, and straightforward, Pagan Prayer Beads is user-friendly and easy to understand. Lovely black-and-white photographs accompany the text to further illustrate the art and craft of Pagan prayer beads. The how-to sections were "tested" by novices to both crafting and "the craft," who found the directions clear and easy to follow. Throughout the book, Greer and Vaughn have included fascinating history and lore as well as crystal properties, Pagan symbology, and deeply meaningful prayers and rituals to use with the rosaries. * 30 lovely black-and-white photos accompany the beading instructions.