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**Missing Witches**

Missing Witches is created by Amy Torok and Risa Dickens: old hag solitary witch best friends living, writing, and recording out in the woods on unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin territory, in Quebec, Canada. Missing Witches is an art and activism project and a public research project. We come from a place of longing and of curiosity. We want to learn from artists, poets, academics, activists and magical practitioners who are conjuring better possible worlds.

Latest Episodes:

WF Dr Marina Magloire - Oh My Body, Make Of Me Always A Woman Who Listens Apr 14, 2021

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References:

https://twitter.com/m_myglory to follow Marina's writing

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/10/19/the-spirit-writing-of-lucille-clifton/

https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/984/Pedagogies-of-CrossingMeditations-on-Feminism

"I love arrogance in a woman" Ipsita Roy Chakraverti

Magloire says "they appear in the archive at the moment of their disappearance" and cites Saidiya Hartman.

Here is an incredible piece by Hartman, Venus in Two Acts.

And a wonderful interview with Hartman: https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/saidiya-hartman-on-working-with-archives/

Combahee River Collective - If Black women were free, everybody could be freehttps://americanstudies.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Keyword%20Coalition_Readings.pdf.

This episode is dedicated to Hallie May Meadows. Gone so Soon.

Missing Witches is a feminist history of magic podcast exploring the meeting place of spirituality, activism, and art practice. Join us for deeply researched, scripted histories and meditations on historical figures, uncovering what their stories teach us about modern witchcraft today. We feature interviews with real practitioners across diverse magical, pagan, occult, and spiritual traditions—digging into tarot, astrology, divination, herbalism, and our relationships with plant medicine and the more-than-human world.

Whether you are a science-loving feminist witch or someone longing for the re-enchantment of the world, you’ve found your people.

• Join our International Online Coven: Connect with an intentional community of modern witches at missingwitches.com.

• Subscribe & Support: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help other seekers find us!

The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.

Cecile Fatiman and The Haitian Revolution - The Leavening Of Our Liberation Apr 11, 2021

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JOURNAL ESSAYS

Boisvert, Jayne. "Colonial Hell and Female Slave Resistance in Saint-Domingue." Journal of Haitian Studies 7, no. 1 (2001): 61-76. Accessed January 17, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41715082.

BOOKS

Bellegarde-Smith, Patrick, and Claudine Michel, eds. Story. In Haitian Vodou: Spirit, Myth, and Reality. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2006.

Bellegarde-Smith, Patrick, Claudine Michel, and Guerin C. Montilus. “Chapter 1 : Vodun and Social Transformation in the African Diasporic Experience: The Concept of Personhood in Haitian Vodun Religion.” Essay. In Haitian Vodou: Spirit, Myth, and Reality, p.1-6. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006.
Bellegarde-Smith, Patrick, Claudine Michel, and Patrick Bellegarde-Smith. “Chapter 3: Broken Mirrors: Mythos, Memories and National History.” Essay. In Haitian Vodou: Spirit, Myth, and Reality, p. 19-31. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006.
Racine-Toussaint, Marlene, Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, and Claudine Michel. “Chapter 7: From the Horses' Mouths: Women's Words/ Women's Worlds.” Essay. In Haitian Vodou: Spirit, Myth, and Reality, edited by Patrick Bellegarde-Smith and Claudine Michel, p.70–74. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006.
Bellegarde-Smith, Patrick, Claudine Michel, and Gerdes Fleurant. “Chapter 5: Vodun, Music, and Society in Haiti: Affirmation and Identity.” Essay. In Haitian Vodou: Spirit, Myth, and Reality, p.46-57. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006.

Dayan, Colin. Haiti, History, And The Gods. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 2008.

Asante, M. K., & Mazama, A. (Eds.) (2009). Encyclopedia of African religion. SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412964623

Lundy, Garvey F. "Fatiman, Cécile." In Encyclopedia of African Religion, edited by Asante, Molefi Kete., and Ama Mazama, 262-262. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412964623.n170.
Michel, Claudine, and Patrick Bellegarde-Smith. "Vodou." In Encyclopedia of Global Religion, edited by Juergensmeyer, Mark, and Wade C. Roof, 1365-68. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412997898.n775.
Pogue, Tiffany D. "Bois Caiman." In Encyclopedia of African Religion, edited by Asante, Molefi Kete., and Ama Mazama, 130-31. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412964623.n90.

Mazama, Ama. "Ezili Dantò." In Encyclopedia of African Religion, edited by Asante, Molefi Kete., and Ama Mazama, 253-54. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009.

http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412964623.n163

Lundy, Garvey F. "Fatiman, Cécile." In Encyclopedia of African Religion, edited by Asante, Molefi Kete., and Ama Mazama, 262-262. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009.

http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412964623.n170.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis_Pierrot

https://scalawagmagazine.org/2020/07/haitian-protest-miami/

https://haitiantimes.com/2020/06/09/haitians-embrace-black-lives-matter-join-protests-for-justice-police-accountability/

https://grassrootsonline.org/fr/blog/newsblogblack-lives-matter-police-repression-us-and-political-crisis-haiti/

https://haitiantimes.com/2021/01/22/exploring-haitian-independence-the-original-black-lives-matter-movement/

https://the-toast.net/2015/04/18/unruly-women-are-always-witches-outlander-s1-e-10/

https://gay.medium.com/magical-thinking-for-girls-e04eaf934546

https://occult-world.com/marinette/

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/girltreks-black/resistance-day-14-c%C3%A9cile-Nxo9TB8IYcj/

https://www.facebook.com/Haiti.Now/posts/10156598178743381/

https://sites.duke.edu/blackatlantic/sample-page/storytelling-and-representation-of-bois-caiman/painting-and-bois-caiman/

https://scalawagmagazine.org/2020/07/haitian-protest-miami/

Whether you are a science-loving feminist witch or someone longing for the re-enchantment of the world, you’ve found your people.

• Join our International Online Coven: Connect with an intentional community of modern witches at missingwitches.com.

• Subscribe & Support: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help other seekers find us!

The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.

WF Starr Goode - We Are Waking Up...Popping The Bubble of Patriarchy's Spell Apr 07, 2021

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https://www.missingwitches.com/2021/04/07/ep-85-wf-starr-goode-we-are-waking-up-popping-the-bubble-of-patriarchys-spell/

Whether you are a science-loving feminist witch or someone longing for the re-enchantment of the world, you’ve found your people.

• Join our International Online Coven: Connect with an intentional community of modern witches at missingwitches.com.

• Subscribe & Support: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help other seekers find us!

The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.

MW Terry Tempest Williams - A Pencil Is A Wand And A Weapon Apr 04, 2021

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“Language and landscape are my inspiration.” So said Terry Tempest Williams in her Personal Topography of America’s national parks: The Hour of Land, and I think this rings true for most Witches. We are Language and Landscape. Amy guides listeners through the work of this author, activist, seeker of social and environmental justice, this bird-lover of the Utah desert. Terry Tempest Williams is honest about desolation, silence, rage, cancer, confusion, fear and loss. She asks: How do we find the strength not to look away from all that is breaking our hearts? And we sense in her question a million tiny heartbreaks: personal, political, spiritual… finding beauty in a broken world. Featured photo by Kwaku Alston Missing Witches is a feminist history of magic podcast exploring the meeting place of spirituality, activism, and art practice. Join us for deeply researched, scripted histories and meditations on historical figures, uncovering what their stories teach us about modern witchcraft today. We feature interviews with real practitioners across diverse magical, pagan, occult, and spiritual traditions—digging into tarot, astrology, divination, herbalism, and our relationships with plant medicine and the more-than-human world. Whether you are a science-loving feminist witch or someone longing for the re-enchantment of the world, you’ve found your people. • Join our International Online Coven: Connect with an intentional community of modern witches at missingwitches.com. • Subscribe & Support: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help other seekers find us! The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.

WF Dr Julia Skinner - Collaborate With These Beings That Have Been Waiting To Support You Mar 31, 2021

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Find Dr. Julia Skinner:

https://root-kitchens.com/

https://www.fermentationschool.com/courses/mudcloth-making?ref=762178

https://www.instagram.com/rootkitchens/

https://www.instagram.com/bookishjulia/

Julia mentions:

http://www.clarissapinkolaestes.com/

https://www.wildfermentation.com/

https://narinderbazen.com/

https://www.jennydorsey.co/

Whether you are a science-loving feminist witch or someone longing for the re-enchantment of the world, you’ve found your people.

• Join our International Online Coven: Connect with an intentional community of modern witches at missingwitches.com.

• Subscribe & Support: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help other seekers find us!

The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.

MW Diane di Prima - The War is the War for the Human Imagination Mar 28, 2021

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"Diane di Prima: Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions" David Stephen Calonne

"Recollections of my life as a woman" Diane di Prima

“Occult Features of Anarchism” Erica Lagalisse (p59-60)

https://digitalcollections.poetshouse.org/digital-collection/chapbook-collection/Loba%2C-Part-1

https://www.psychologytoday.com/nz/blog/women-and-happiness/201004/can-you-be-writer-and-mother?amp

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/diane-di-prima

http://poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/indexe935.html?id=143

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/anarchism/

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/the-undying-voice-of-diane-di-prima

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/23/magazine/diane-di-prima-death.html

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.5778707/beat-poet-diane-di-prima-taught-her-kids-to-question-authority-and-believe-in-their-own-creativity-1.5778900

http://jacketmagazine.com/18/diprima-iv.html

https://allenginsberg.org/2020/08/t-a-6-diane-di-prima-happy-birthday/

https://thenewinquiry.com/underknown-writers-diane-di-prima/

https://www.litkicks.com/RevolutionaryLetters

Whether you are a science-loving feminist witch or someone longing for the re-enchantment of the world, you’ve found your people.

• Join our International Online Coven: Connect with an intentional community of modern witches at missingwitches.com.

• Subscribe & Support: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help other seekers find us!

The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.

WF Dr Beverly Smith - Anything That We Do To Help Each Other Is Resistance Mar 24, 2021

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BOOK A SESSION WITH DR BEVERLY AT www.docbev.com

Whether you are a science-loving feminist witch or someone longing for the re-enchantment of the world, you’ve found your people.

• Join our International Online Coven: Connect with an intentional community of modern witches at missingwitches.com.

• Subscribe & Support: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help other seekers find us!

The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.

MW Audre Lorde - Moon Marked And Touched By Sun Mar 21, 2021

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In this episode, Amy shares the story of patron saint of inter-sectional feminism, Audre Lorde. Moon marked and touched by sun, HER magic is unwritten but when the sea turns back it will leave HER shape behind. When Self described "Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," Audre Lorde wrote those words in the first person in her poem A Woman Speaks, she was only partly correct - some, though definitely not all, of her magic is most assuredly written. Missing Witches is a feminist history of magic podcast exploring the meeting place of spirituality, activism, and art practice. Join us for deeply researched, scripted histories and meditations on historical figures, uncovering what their stories teach us about modern witchcraft today. We feature interviews with real practitioners across diverse magical, pagan, occult, and spiritual traditions—digging into tarot, astrology, divination, herbalism, and our relationships with plant medicine and the more-than-human world. Whether you are a science-loving feminist witch or someone longing for the re-enchantment of the world, you’ve found your people. • Join our International Online Coven: Connect with an intentional community of modern witches at missingwitches.com. • Subscribe & Support: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help other seekers find us! The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.

Ostara 2021: Healing, Resistance And Writing Books w Amanda Yates Garcia Mar 20, 2021

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This year, Amy and Risa celebrate Ostara with Amanda Yates Garcia aka The Oracle of LA, author of Initiated: Memoir of a Witch, AND the foreword to our book Missing Witches (in stores March 23rd!)!! Amanda gifts us with songs and stories from her mother's Book Of Shadows as we discuss how Witchcraft, Healing and Activism can become One. photo: ©2019 Amanda Yates Garcia by Siri Kaur Missing Witches is a feminist history of magic podcast exploring the meeting place of spirituality, activism, and art practice. Join us for deeply researched, scripted histories and meditations on historical figures, uncovering what their stories teach us about modern witchcraft today. We feature interviews with real practitioners across diverse magical, pagan, occult, and spiritual traditions—digging into tarot, astrology, divination, herbalism, and our relationships with plant medicine and the more-than-human world. Whether you are a science-loving feminist witch or someone longing for the re-enchantment of the world, you’ve found your people. • Join our International Online Coven: Connect with an intentional community of modern witches at missingwitches.com. • Subscribe & Support: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help other seekers find us! The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.

Hunger Moon w Amy & Risa: Please Expand Feb 27, 2021

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In this episode, Amy and Risa discuss Moon Rituals, Faith, Patience, and take a look back at three years of Missing Witches - from idea to podcast to book (Missing Witches THE BOOK available for pre-order now, in stores March 23rd). PLUS we almost entirely forget to mention that a new season of Missing Witches begins March 20th. This accompanying photo was taken the night we met!!! Missing Witches is a feminist history of magic podcast exploring the meeting place of spirituality, activism, and art practice. Join us for deeply researched, scripted histories and meditations on historical figures, uncovering what their stories teach us about modern witchcraft today. We feature interviews with real practitioners across diverse magical, pagan, occult, and spiritual traditions—digging into tarot, astrology, divination, herbalism, and our relationships with plant medicine and the more-than-human world. Whether you are a science-loving feminist witch or someone longing for the re-enchantment of the world, you’ve found your people. • Join our International Online Coven: Connect with an intentional community of modern witches at missingwitches.com. • Subscribe & Support: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help other seekers find us! The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.

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