This book is NOT a book on Stregheria and this is not readily apparent unless you read in-depth. This book is actually a New tradition that Grimassi invented in 1981 which he calls “Aridian Tradition”. This book is a mixture of Wicca and revised Stregherian beliefs. I believe that Grimassi has gone out of his way to obscure that this book is really a Wicca/Stregheria mix.

If you are interested in Stregheria and NOT Wicca, don’t buy this book. You will be disappointed.
Rating: 1 / 5

I just can’t get over the feeling this author is making some of what he writes up. I think he has a genuine interest and is somewhat educated in this subject, but I feel like it’s not enough to fill a book, so he just puts in half-truths and opinions to fill in the blanks. I give it three stars because there are very few books out there on this particular subject (that aren’t by this author). Yes, there are Leland’s books out there that I still need to try. But in regards to this book I’d like to see something a little more researched. Overall not a bad book, but take it with a grain of salt.
Rating: 3 / 5

I am interested in the way in which hierarchical societies have historically tried to destroy religions and belief systems which empowered individuals, making them less malleable to control by governments or by the “established church”. Wholesale slaughter (as in the Crusades and “witch burning”) were not seen as enough; there was also ongoing propaganda changing the names and symbols used by such groups/belief systems into terms of abuse or representations of evil. I haven’t finished reading this book yet, but I get the feeling that it is more about the old practices and beliefs themselves, than about how people who practiced “witchcraft” in Italy were treated and regarded by the larger community – or even how they changed from BEING “the larger community” into being a hidden minority group. I have my doubts about the author’s actual real knowledge, despite his claims. I suspect he has taken bits and pieces of half-knowledge and put them together with the use of his imagination, to fit his own ideas and beliefs. Maybe not! I’ll read on…
Rating: 4 / 5