Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Leo Martello (1931–2000) was a prominent American Wiccan, gay rights activist, and author. He drew heavily on his Italian heritage, teaching the Strega Tradition which was named after the Italian word for Witch.Born to a working-class family in Dudley, Massachusetts, he became interested in Western esotericism as a teenager.As a founder of the Witches Anti-Defamation League (later the Alternative Religions Education Network) he was known for his lively and sometimes confrontational style. For example, in his books he tried to popularize the "Witches' Curse" which was "I wish you on yourself". He was profiled in Margot Adler's Drawing Down the Moon.. }
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- Leo_Martello abstract "Leo Martello (1931–2000) was a prominent American Wiccan, gay rights activist, and author. He drew heavily on his Italian heritage, teaching the Strega Tradition which was named after the Italian word for Witch.Born to a working-class family in Dudley, Massachusetts, he became interested in Western esotericism as a teenager.As a founder of the Witches Anti-Defamation League (later the Alternative Religions Education Network) he was known for his lively and sometimes confrontational style. For example, in his books he tried to popularize the "Witches' Curse" which was "I wish you on yourself". He was profiled in Margot Adler's Drawing Down the Moon.".