It is the crack of dawn. A beam of timid light dances among the leaves of a holm oak grove, In the distance, the nurturing sounds of water running down the hillside. A dove hovers in flight, soaring above the dragon of stone. Maatreís’ descent ripens the pomegranate. I shall offer you Her red seeds of knowledge and healing.

Freddie Finotto was born in Southern Italy, in the heart of Campanian Etruria: Capua or Campeva, the “City of Marshes”, also known as Volturnum, later named Kapu by the Samnites. He grew up along the Southern banks of the river Volturno, in the meander that hosted the Roman river port of Casilinum. He recognised and cultivated his love for Nature since he was a child, especially Mount Tifata, where the Sanctuary of Diana Tifatina was erected, and for Sacred Archaeology. As a guardian of Capua’s sacred matres of Mater Matuta and a researcher of the wisdom of the ancient gylanic cultures, he dedicated his life to Goddess and his Avalonian lineage as a Priest of Avalon (in training).

He is a co-founder of Kaíla Maatreís, the Temple of the Great Mother of Safinim, which celebrates the ancient indigenous Goddesses and heritage of the land of Viteliú (Italy).