Description
A guide to invocations, rituals, and histories at the intersection of magic and feminism, as informed by history's witches--and the sociopolitical culture that gave rise to them.
When you start looking for witches, you find them everywhere. As seekers and practitioners reclaim and restore magic to its rightful place among powerful forces for social, personal, and political transformation, more people than ever are claiming the identity of "Witch." But our knowledge of witchcraft and magic has been marred by erasure, sensationalism, and sterilization, the true stories of history's witches left untold.
Through meditations, stories, and practices, authors Risa Dickens and Amy Torok offer an intersectional, contemporary lens for uncovering and reconnecting with feminist witch history. Sharing traditions from all over the world--from Harlem to Haiti, Oaxaca to Mesopotamia--Missing Witches introduces readers to figures like Monica Sjoo, HP Blavatsky, Maria Sabina, and Enheduanna, shedding light on their work and the cultural and sociopolitical contexts that shaped it. Structured around the 8 sabbats of the Wheel of the Year, each chapter includes illustrations by Amy Torok, as well as invocations, rituals, and offerings that incorporate the authors' own wisdom, histories, and journeys of trauma, loss, and empowerment. Missing Witches offers an inside look at the vital stories of women who have practiced--and lived--magic.
About the Author
Amy Torok and Risa Dickens started the Missing Witches podcast in
September 2018 and published their first coauthored work, Missing
Witches, in 2021. Both have a background in creative community-building and ran two different, interdisciplinary monthly arts performance showcases for years in the same town before meeting, forming their coven, and beginning the podcast.
Risa has a BA in literature and an MA in media studies, where she wrote about the communications history and impact of open source. For two decades, she has made magic and organized interdisciplinary community events, including advocating for a Universal Basic Income. She lives in a cabin on a lake in the woods north of Montréal with her
husband Marc and daughter May Marigold.
Amy Torok is a Witch, teacher, counterculture enthusiast, musician, and visual artist/designer with a BA in English literature and a postgraduate diploma in journalism. She can be found atop a forest ravine in Quebec, with dirt under her fingernails and a song in her head at all times.
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