This book tells the story of three communities and four festivals in the Siena province of Tuscany in Central Italy. It is also a personal journey back to my own roots. The subtitle for the book aims to convey a sense of the learning process involved in this journey, which was both personal and professional. Apprenticeship is a notion that goes back to medieval times, also important to the festivals researched, and it involved learning from a master. On reaching proficiency, one would become a journeyman. The idea of apprenticeship was adopted by Deleuze (1994) to convey a kind of learning which encompasses the senses, movement and action. It involves an encounter and it is experiential and holistic. In this journey of research, I encountered things known and saw them for the first time, to paraphrase T. S. Eliot, because I questioned what I saw and experienced. I started the journey back to my roots as Bergson and Deleuze's apprentice, aiming to become a journeyman. On the way I found other masters whose work seemed to chime with what I encountered. I hope that I can convey what I learnt through this book. The journey through the four festivals emerged, inter alia, as a journey via the elements. The book moves from the centuries strong attachment to soil of the Sienese, to the far more ambivalent cunning fluidity of Montepulciano, its watery and historical connection to Florence, the fluidity of the Bruscello as well as the love of fire of the Bravio.