Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic

By Risa Dickens and Amy Torok

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623175720
• ISBN13: 9781623175726
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A great way of reminding women of their strength!

This book is written by women for women to remind us of our power by sharing the heroine stories of witches past by relating them with the personal experiences of the authors and their coven members. This book is a testament of the strength women carry with them everyday. It’s a reminder of how important woman’s role is in this world!! If you’re going through it and you don’t think you have the strength to go on this book will lend you the strength of women from generations ago to women now. You’ll know you’re not alone and that you can get through anything the world throws your way! Great read.