Under the bright eye of the hunter’s moon, followers of Stregheria — a practice of witchcraft — gather herbs like dandelion and rue for their protective and restorative properties. Magical practitioners often tinkered with plants, feeding a need for a primal connection with the earth and its mysteries. Named for the branch-like talisman used to banish the evil eye, Cimaruta charms with its serpentine form — a spellbinding botanical depicted in linen velvet.