{"id":1892,"date":"2020-02-14T17:50:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T16:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morenalucianirusso.eu\/?page_id=1892"},"modified":"2020-05-20T08:08:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T07:08:42","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/morenalucianirusso.eu\/en\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Morena Luciani Russo<\/strong>, born in Turin in 1975, is a ritual artist, teacher of shamanism, and independent researcher in the field of social sciences, focusing on anthropological aspects of Sacred Feminine, archeo-mythology, states of widened awareness and methods of healing.<\/p>\n

From early on, she dedicated herself to singing <\/strong>and painting<\/strong>, taking up university studies which she concluded in 2000 with a degree in anthropology <\/strong>at the University of Turin. This was to be the beginning of her research on female spirituality and the sacred<\/strong>, on shamanism and on matriarchal culture. In 2007, she met Vicki Noble<\/strong><\/a>, Luciana Percovich<\/strong>, and the first Italian group of Dakinis<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Morena Luciani Russo and Vicki Noble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 
\nIn 2010, Morena Luciani Russo founded Laima, a cultural organization<\/strong> that promotes matriarchal culture and female spirituality, and seeks to develop new models of living that provide greater balance. In collaboration with Luciana Percovich<\/strong>, she has also organized international meetings dedicated to Native Peace Cultures<\/strong> (2011-2016) and the conference \u201cMarija Gimbutas. Twenty Years of Goddess Studies\u201d<\/strong> (2014), the latter in a joint effort with Sarah Perini and Daniela Degan. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Luciana Percovich, Morena Luciani Russo and Genevieve Vaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Recently, she has dedicated herself increasingly to her spiritual research, to meditation<\/strong> and the use of drumming<\/strong> as an experience of heightened awareness, beginning to organize women circles<\/strong> as well as a first cycle of seminars \u201cWomen, Drumming and Shamanic States of Consciousness\u201d. In the artistic work<\/a> she recomposes the thousand faces of the Goddess, in search of a fusion between the contemporary language and the ancient symbols of neolithic art.<\/p>\n

She organizes workshops, conferences, women circles, Gylanic circles and workshops all over Italy.Her book on \u201cShaman Women\u201d<\/strong> was published by Venexia in 2012.<\/p>\n

Morena Luciani Russo has two children, and lives and works in the Susa Valley, in North Western Italy.<\/p>\n

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The Chariot, MotherPeace Tarot card by Vicki Noble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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