Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast The Villa Fortuna Podcast with Chelsea Guagliardo
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| growing up italian american: a father + daughter story | culture, food and olive garden? | 18 Mar 2025 | 00:48:38 | |
my dad is back on the podcast and we're talking about all things in the italian american world from our traditions, our crazy family, making homemade tomato sauce every summer, food and exploring the question.... do we actually like olive garden? book a reading with me (mediumship, tarot, and more) my tarot and oracle decks, books recs and more: shop my stores:fortuna’s wheel (italian magic + saints) styx and bones temple (greek gods, mythology) follow me on socials: https://www.instagram.com/highpriestesschelsea https://www.tiktok.com/@highpriestesschelsea business inquiries:chelseatheghostwhisperer@gmail.com | |||
| How to Make Aqua di San Giovanni 🌿 Italian Midsummer Ritual & Saint John Blessing | 27 Jun 2025 | 00:05:03 | |
In this video, we explore the sacred tradition of Aqua di San Giovanni, or the Water of Saint John, a midsummer folk ritual rooted in Southern Italian culture. Celebrated on the eve of June 24th, this ritual honors Saint John the Baptist, protector and healer, through the preparation of a spiritual cleansing water made from wild herbs and flowers. You’ll learn: Who Saint John the Baptist is in both Catholic and folk tradition What is Aqua di San Giovanni and its use in Italian folk magic How to prepare your own sacred water for protection, purification, and ancestral connection ✨ Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share for more Italian folk magic, spiritual practices, and ancestral wisdom. book a reading with me (mediumship, tarot, italian evil eye, italian cures and more) https://tinyurl.com/4c399c9s my store: luca divina | my italian folk magic store https://tinyurl.com/3khs3nbm follow me on socials: https://www.instagram.com/highpriestesschelsea https://www.tiktok.com/@highpriestesschelsea business inquiries: chelseatheghostwhisperer@gmail.com | |||
| italian folklore: rituals, celebrations, and ancient traditions with Dr. Gina Miele | 21 Aug 2026 | 00:53:29 | |
Welcome back to the Villa Fortuna! Today we’re opening up the villa doors with a conversation with Dr. Gina Miele on her new book Italian Folklore: Rituals, Celebrations, and Ancient Traditions! Dr. Miele takes us through her research, her own story of reconnection to her families Italian folk practices, why keeping our traditions, superstitions and mysticism is so important, how Italians and Italian Americans view saints and the importance of women as healers in the community in both past, present and future. I hope you enjoy her work and this conversation with Dr. Gina as much as I did and please consider supporting her work! You can pre-order her book Italian Folklore: Rituals, Celebrations, and Ancient Traditions here: https://geni.us/ItalianFolklore?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio Follow Dr. Gina Miele on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/profgmm/ | |||
| italian american folk magic: saints, superstition & mysticism explained | 14 Aug 2026 | 00:40:12 | |
Today we're exploring the world of italian american folk magic - it's deep and rich cultural history, the belief behind the magic and mysticism and how catholicism is synchronized and a main focus of the practice - citing and using the work of Dr. Sabina Magliocco. Chapters: intro: (0:00) join the villa extra members content for more!: (0:51) italian american folk magic vs. italian folk magic explained: (1:48) origins, oppression and the belief system: (7:22) catholicism and italy: (19:00) catholic mysticism, saints and folk magic: (27:19) italian folk magic and community: (33:08) ✨ Book a session (astrology, mediumship, Italian evil eye + traditional cures): https://tinyurl.com/4c399c9s 🕯️ Shop Villa Fortuna — my Italian folk magic and Italian American Spiritual store: https://tinyurl.com/3khs3nbm 🖤 Follow me on instagram for Italian American superstition, mysticism & healing: https://www.instagram.com/highpriestesschelsea/ Source referenced:Magliocco, S. (2018). Witchcraft, healing and vernacular magic in Italy. In W. de Blécourt & O. Davies (Eds.), Witchcraft Continued (pp. 151–173). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526137975.00012 | |||
| the evil eye: italian beliefs, protection symbols & how to remove It - villa fortuna episode 2 | 10 Aug 2026 | 00:28:08 | |
Italians and Italian Americans believe heavily in the evil eye, and today we're going to uncover why. Where does this belief come from? Who is most likely to get the evil eye? What is the evil eye? How can we protect ourselves from it, and how do we remove it if we get hit? I'm sharing everything I know about the malocchio—personal stories of how my family taught me about it, the history behind the belief, protection, and so much more. Chapters: Intro: (0:00) The Time I Was Hit with the Evil Eye: (1:54) The Evil Eye, the Quiet Curse: (6:30) Who Gives You the Evil Eye?: (10:42) Evil Eye Protection Amulets and Symbols: (19:14) How Do We Remove It?: (24:27) ✨ Book a session (astrology, mediumship, Italian evil eye + traditional cures): https://tinyurl.com/4c399c9s 🕯️ Shop Villa Fortuna — my Italian folk magic and Italian American Spiritual store: https://tinyurl.com/3khs3nbm 🖤 Follow me on instagram for Italian American superstition, mysticism & healing: https://www.instagram.com/highpriestesschelsea/ | |||
| a podcast for italian american spirituality, culture + superstition - villa fortuna ep. 1 | 07 Aug 2026 | 00:16:04 | |
welcome to my new podcast the Villa Fortuna Podcast with your host - Chelsea Guagliardo! This podcast will be dedicated to teaching about Italian American culture, folk magic and superstition - it will be a place where the diaspora can gather and share stories, research and a place to uplift our community! I'll be featuring different guests here on my channel, while also talking about the old forgotten ways of the past from the evil eye to saint feast days. In today's video I'm introducing you to my new podcast name, the tea on how the community has been stealing my content and churning into AI generated classes to sell to you, supporting Italian American artists and more! Drop a comment below to let me know what you're most excited to see on this channel and any questions you have! Welcome to the Villa Fortuna! Chapters: intro: (0:00) what this space is for +: major changes: (2:23) the tea on AI content stealing: (3:45) fortuna and the italian american artist cara mia lab: (9:45) shop cara mia lab: https://www.caramialab.com/ book a reading with me (astrology,mediumship, tarot, italian evil eye, italian cures + more): https://tinyurl.com/4c399c9s my store: Villa Fortuna | my italian folk magic store https://tinyurl.com/3khs3nbm follow me on instagram for more italian american folk superstitions, mysticism, healing and more: https://www.instagram.com/highpriestesschelsea/ | |||