NEW EPISODE! This is a story about hugging trees. And it is a story about witch hunts and the idea of a radical reimagining of our relationship with nature. About the women who inspired the iconic environmental Chipko movement in India, which literally means to hug, and it’s a story about the Bishno
Missing WitchesIn this episode Risa talks to Detroit Witch and organizer Kenya Coviak. As helicopters fly overhead and the pandemic rages outside her doors, Kenya takes us on a magical memory tour of Detroit in all its diverse powers. Founder of the Detroit Conjure and Folk Magic Festival (as well as organizer of
PodcastAn archeologist before there were any. The point of origin for the idea that witches gather in covens. The mother of all subsequent covens, in a way. The first woman to unwrap a mummy. Author of ”The Witch-Cult in Western Europe”. Criticized for her cognitive leaps, discredited for the w
Missing WitchesWell it’s official, we’ve joined the ranks of many of our podcasting peers over on TeePublic! We wanted an ethical way to make it easy for our beautiful coven of listeners to get your hands on Missing Witches gear (sweatshirts! mugs! notebooks!) TeePublic reached out to us and answered a
NewsIn this episode Risa talks with Dr. Yvonne Chireau, Professor of Religion and Chair at Swathmore College, and author of Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition. Follow along with her thoughtful work on Africana Religions at https://academichoodoo.com/
Podcastbuy now at ritval craft. In their first book, Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic, co-authors Risa Dickens and Amy Torok of the Missing Witches Podcast offer a guide to invocations, rituals, and histories at the intersection of magic and feminism, as informed by history̵
BooksWe are on Patreon! If you’re thinking about becoming a patron you should know: We’re so excited for you to join us and to get to know each other better! And we’re excited to shower our coven with magic and gifts! In case you’re wondering: We buy tons of books during the research pr
This episode honours a 7th Century hero. A Black indigenous Woman who was a leader. A warrior priestess named Dihya, champion of the native North African Amazigh people, her name means “the beautiful gazelle” in the Tamazight language of the Amazigh. Amazigh, plural Imazighen, means “free or noble p
Missing WitchesIn this Stay at Home Ostara episode of the Missing Witches podacst, Risa sits down with Artist and Witch Jennifer Hamilton to talk about visual art, chanting, altar spaces, Hilma Af Klint and more, plus Risa gives some tips on altar creation! Stick around to the end to hear two of our listeners, Ed
PodcastIn this episode we sketch the life and impact of a woman who has been called the mother of modern spirituality and who was also one of the greatest explorers of the 1900s, though she’s rarely credited for it. She spoke Russian, Georgian, English, French, Italian, Arabic, and Sanskrit, and was a much
Missing WitchesThis witch graced the cover of LA Times, was on Fox News to explain her monthly binding spells cast on Trump, and has a beautiful book coming out that brings a searingly honest voice to the real trauma and empowerment that drives the modern witch movement.
PodcastThis brave witch left an incredibly conservative Mormon upbringing and marriage to claim her independence and her #POWER. If YOU are gathering strength for a life-altering change, let the wisdom of this #WORDWITCH wash over you like a blessing. ⚡️ Connect with Elisabeth at: https://www.facebook.com/
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