“Horses have evolved as prey animals.” “Their instinctive flight response and much of their complex interaction within a herd have grown from this basic premise: escape or be eaten.” They, like Ipsita Roy Chakraverti suggested of strong women and witches, are hunted. Don’t you feel like this? In some big or small way? Saddled under…
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EP 139 – WF Asha Frost: You Are The Medicine
In today’s episode we’re chatting with Asha Frost, author of You Are The Medicine and self-proclaimed ‘peaceful warrior’. We talk about appropriation, extraction, chronic illness, feeling worthy and unworthy, animals in the moon. Asha says, “conversations around the harm of appropriation are vital for true reconciliation, equity and healing.” Asha Frost (she/her), is an Indigenous…
EP 138 – Beltane Special and FUNDRAISER 2022: Kinship with Margaret Robinson PhD, Granddaughter Crow, Dr. Zoe Todd and Chrystal Toop
JOIN OUR FUNDRAISER – MAKE A REPARATION NOW!!! GIVE WHERE YOU LIVE. DONATE LOCALLY AND BE ENTERED TO WIN PRIZES. CLICK FOR DETAILS. This conversation kicked off our month-long, annual fundraiser for the Native Women’s Shelter in Montreal and any org that supports First Nations Women. So much of the “new age” has involved the…
Annual FUNDRAISER for Native Women’s Shelters
TLDR: 1. Make a donation of $10 or more to your local Native Women’s Shelter or Indigenous Support Org. 2. Take a screen shot of your receipt and email it to missingwitches@gmail.com with the subject line: DONATION. 3. Be entered to win fabulous prizes. 4. Automatically receive a digital coupon book with discounts from our…
EP 133 – The Muse Is You: Listener Poetry Reading Special with Callie Little
Missing Witches Coven Listener Poetry Reading Special!!!! We asked you to record your Witch poems and you did!! Amy is joined by Emotional Support Witch, Poet, Pocket Coven Podcast-er, Artist, Teacher of a class called “The Witch’s Poem: Witchcraft as Muse and Mentor”, Callie Little!! Their chat about poetry, witchcraft, and creativity is interwoven with…
You Are Goose Kin Meditation
The geese are returning to their summer homes, the lake next door and northward, creating great air shows in the sky, flying Vs above my head as they pass, arrows pointing onward, onward, onward. Shapes of shadows like weather. It’s a goosey day today. And if I’m honest, sometimes the chorus of honks is a…
EP 129 WF – Judy Grahn: Our Bonding Is What Makes A Revolution Happen
Today we’re joined by prolific ICON of Lesbian/Queer visibility and feminism, author, poet, researcher, speaker, teacher, philosopher, visionary Judy Grahn. Together we discuss “the mystery we call history”. “We live in our symbols and our stories.” JUDY’S WEBSITE: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/judy-grahn Judy’s academic and activist roots led her to investigate how women contributed to culture and she…
EP 127 WF – Crossroads Are Portals Into Witchcraft: Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew
In this episode we sat down with our new bestie Witch Team: Kate and Kristin from the Magick & Alchemy Podcast by Tamed Wild. We explored our ways into and through our magic. We are Word Witches, Dirt Witches, Sonic Witches, City Mice and Country Mice seeking guides wherever we look. Goats, rats, eggs, plants,…
EP 125 WF – Gemica Rosenberg: Poetry Is the Only Thing That Makes Me Feel Like I Am A Witch
In this episode, we sat down with EcoFeminist Witch Poet Gemica Rosenberg to talk about her poetry book Sticks, Stones (published through a tiny independent woman run press called Free Witch Press!!!). She has described Sticks, Stones as an ecofeminist memento mori, but it is so much more than just that. She’s looking at her…
EP 123 WF – Christena Cleveland: GOD IS A BLACK WOMAN
We sat down in the anointing glow of Christena Cleveland’s light to chat about her new book God Is A Black Woman. “We are all healing from religious trauma,” she says. But we are all sacred and we can imagine a God who welcomes our messiness. “My mess is my sacred offering to her.” “I…