Podcast appearances and mentions of amy torok

In this episode... making sense of dream premonitions; how to engage in spirit flight and dream travel - and the need for tethering when you do so; how to begin working with your ancestors in your dreams;  how to receive signs and strengthen your intuition, plus the consequences of NOT listening to your intuition; what to do when you get dream messages for someone else; and the number one thing you need to in order to receive dream messages. All with special guest Autumn Fourkiller. Join us!**********************************FIND OUT MORE ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTSHermit Year Workshop Series with Amanda Yates Garcia via her Mystery Cult platform on Substack. Get the replay when you subscribe as a Yearly or Founders Member.  You can also subscribe to her newsletter for free (!) at www.amandayatesgarcia.substack.comMuses and Guides: Working with Ritual & Poetry to Activate Creative Potential Workshop (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK) - with Amanda Yates Garcia and Rebecca Sharp. A daylong workshop on July 26, 2025 on bringing your spiritual work into your creative practice. Find out more via the link above.Homework Club offers creative people strategies for keeping their projects and practices a priority with monthly webinars, worksheets, live QnA's, accountability pods, and actual homework (that you'll never be graded on. Ever!). If you're an artist or writer looking for structure, support and community, check out Carolyn's project - Homework Club -with with arts consultant and author, Beth Pickens.Midwives of Invention will help you get unstuck in your writing, with Ann Friedman and Jade Chang.**********************************FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST AUTUMN FOURKILLERAutumn Fourkiller is member of the Cherokee Nation, writer and dream analyst. Her work and dream interpretations can be found in NY magazine's the Cut, Longreads, Atlas OBscura and many other places. Autumn also is the Tin House Writing Workshops communications coordinator, and summer scholar and was the 2022 fellow for Ann Friedman Weekly, you can subscribe to her Newsletter Dream Interpretation for Dummies via the link in the show notes.Find her on Instagram: @autumnfourkillerWebsite: autumnfourkiller.comSign up for her newsletter, Dream Interpretation for Dummies**********************************FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE MISSING WITCHES DECK OF ORACLESFrom Missing Witches authors Risa Dickens and Amy Torok comes a magical new deck featuring 52 of history's most inspiring witches.The Missing Witches Deck of Oracles pulls 52 figures—from Zora Neale Hurston to Hildegarde to Mayumi Oda and more—and presents their stories in potent and poignant spells that restore, inspire, and empower.Users may pull a card or spread a day—or find what works for them—to discover each historical witch and the guidance they offer. Each card features a unique illustration along with a simple message on one side; the other shares each witch's story along an insight, prompt, or meditation.The deck invites those new to and experienced with the craft to connect with witches living and legend and offers a uniquely rich experience for discovery, self-reflection, meditation, divination, and daily ritual.The Missing Witches Deck of Oracles is out now. North Atlantic Books is offering listeners 30% off (plus free shipping) on the deck with code MISSING at www.northatlanticbooks.com now through December 31, 2024. This offer is limited to recipients with U.S.-based mailing addresses only.**********************************Learn More About Your Host Amanda Yates GarciaTo join Amanda's MYSTERY CULT on Substack click here.To order Amanda's book, "Initiated: Memoir of a Witch" CLICK HERE.Amanda's InstagramTo book an appointment with Amanda go to www.oracleoflosangeles.com*********************************Original MUSIC by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs**********************************Get in touch with sponsorship inquiries for Between the Worlds at betweentheworldspodcast@gmail.com.CONTRIBUTORS:Amanda Yates Garcia (host) & Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs (producer, composer). The BTW logo collage was created by Maria Minnis (tinyparsnip.com / instagram.com/tinyparsnip ) with text designed by Leah Hayes. Learn More About Your Host Amanda Yates GarciaTo join Amanda's MYSTERY CULT on Substack click here.To order Amanda's book, "Initiated: Memoir of a Witch" CLICK HERE.Amanda's InstagramTo book an appointment with Amanda go to www.oracleoflosangeles.com*********************************Original MUSIC by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs**********************************Are you an artist or writer looking for structure, support and community? Check out Carolyn's project - Homework Club -with with arts consultant and author, Beth Pickens:Homework Club offers creative people strategies for keeping their projects and practices a priority with monthly webinars, worksheets, live QnA's, accountability pods, and actual homework (that you'll never be graded on. Ever!). Make 2024 a BIG PROJECT year - first month free with code: YourArtMind Your Practice is our podcast.You can visit https://www.bethpickens.com/homework-club for more details or listen wherever you stream Between the Worlds.**********************************Get in touch with sponsorship inquiries for Between the Worlds at betweentheworldspodcast@gmail.com.CONTRIBUTORS:Amanda Yates Garcia (host) & Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs (producer, composer). The BTW logo collage was created by Maria Minnis (tinyparsnip.com / instagram.com/tinyparsnip ) with text designed by Leah Hayes.

Curious how we transitioned from corporate work to spiritual entreprenurship, what the top 5 herbs and crystals a new witch should have or maybe you're wondering if we do ALL the rituals that we recommend? Well, today we're answering this and more in a Q&A episode! We're exploring what rituals we do day-to-day, our witchy book recommendations and even how to find the best healing practioners for you and the red flags to watch out for. Tune in and hear our thoughts and answers on the fascinating questions we received.

Join us for a captivating journey into the mystical world of witchcraft as we explore the powerful intersection of feminism and magic with Amy Torok, co-author of “New Moon Magic” and “Missing Witches.” This enlightening conversation dives deep into the untold stories of women who have harnessed the power of magic for social, personal, and political transformation. Amy shares her unique perspective on what it means to be a witch today, challenging stereotypes and embracing the diverse expressions of witchcraft in contemporary society. Delve into the rich history of witches, the significance of reclaiming their narratives, and the importance of community in fostering a culture of resistance and empowerment. As we celebrate the enchanting spirit of Halloween, prepare to be inspired by the activism and resilience of those who dare to embrace their inner witch. (Originally aired 2/11/2024)Find out More and how to connect with Amy Please Visit: Find everything "One More Thing" here: https://taplink.cc/beforeyougopodcastTakeaways: Amy Torque emphasizes that the definition of being a witch varies greatly among individuals, reflecting personal beliefs and practices. The conversation highlights the connection between witchcraft, feminism, and activism, showcasing how these identities intersect. Magic is framed as a natural phenomenon, with everyday occurrences being perceived as magical when acknowledged. The history of witch trials reveals societal tendencies to scapegoat marginalized women and individuals for community issues. The podcast discusses the importance of imagination in witchcraft, linking it to innovation and social justice work. Amy Torque encourages listeners to embrace their inner witch, celebrating their unique identities and experiences. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

[Content Warning] this episode contains speak of domestic violence so please take care while listening   Missing Witches is an art and activism project and public research project, created by Amy Torok and Risa Dickens: old friends, creative collaborators, curious crafters, big cacklers, howlers at the moon, grumpy old crones, just a couple of perpetual baby Witches living, writing, and recording out in the woods on unceded Anishinaabe territory, in Quebec, Canada.   Risa joins Phoebe today and takes us on her journey of the roots that grew Missing Witches, finding Re-Enchantment in the world, why she moved to the woods and left her tech career behind, the business that formed from the project, and their dedication to reparations which inspires their work.   In May, Missing Witches is hosting a Reparations Fundraiser. Every $10 donated enters you a chance to win a magical prize. Go to MissingWitches.com/reparations for donation details.   Key Moments:    ✿ Risa tells us about not aligning with a hyper-feminine origin story and reclaiming her own identity of being a witch ✿ “As much as I just want to run away and hide under the moss and return my body to the soil and be a full time witch, I need to stand up for myself in this system a little bit more first." ✿ The tech platforms they've built to share newsletters, zines, and interact with their web coven ✿ Making the shift to be community supported and removing all ad funded support ✿ Why they chose to dedicate a months salary every year to Reparations   Find the Missing Witches books, podcast, zine and coven at missingwitches.com Follow them on Instagram @missingwitches   Get 50% off your first year of Flodesk at bit.ly/GGCFlodesk Apply to Faire at faire.com/apply/girlgangcraft Shop our Mother's Day Gift Guide at girlgangcraft.com/giftguide4mom Event Season is coming up! RSVP at girlgangcraft.com/events   Do you have a business question you need an answer to? Call the GGC Hotline at ‪413-961-0855‬ and we'll read + answer your questions live on the pod   Instagram: @PhoebeSherman @GirlGangCraft TikTok: @Phoebe.Sherman YouTube: @girlgangcraft For episode shownotes and transcript, please visit our website  

In this Spiritual SundayThrowback we re-visit it's amazing conversation from November 2, 2022, we delve into the mystical world of witches with Amy Torok, co-author of "New Moon Magic" and "Missing Witches." Join us as we explore the untold stories of women who have practiced magic, reclaiming its power for social, personal, and political transformation. Discover the secrets, activism, and intersection of witchcraft and feminism in this captivating episode!More info and how to connect with Amy Please Visit: Find everything "One More Thing" here: https://taplink.cc/beforeyougopodcast#WitchcraftRevealed#RealWitches#EverydayMagic#MissingWitchesPodcast#SpiritualSunday#MagicalConversations#FeministMagic#WitchyWisdom#ReenchantingWorld#MagicUnveiledThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacyPodcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

www.missingwitches.com/rx-one-day-well-be-gone/ Amy Torok and Risa Dickens produce the Missing Witches Podcast. We do every aspect from research to recording, it is a DIY labour of love and craft. Missing Witches is entirely member-supported, and getting to know the members of our Coven has been the most fun, electrifying, unexpectedly radical part of the project. These days the Missing Witches Coven gathers in our private, online coven circle to offer each other collaborative courses in ritual, weaving, divination, and more; we organize writing groups and witchy book clubs; and we gather on the Full and New Moon from all over the world. Our coven includes solitary practitioners, community leaders, techno pagans, crones, baby witches, neuroqueers, and folks who hug trees and have just been looking for their people. Our coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of love. If that sounds like your people, come find out more. Please know that we've been missing YOU. https://www.missingwitches.com/join-the-coven/

Samhain is the ancient Celtic word for summer's end, and is also the third and final harvest holiday in the Witches' Wheel of the Year. You may know this holiday as Halloween. Whatever you call it, this is the time of year when the veils are thin and spirits are said to walk the earth. Find out what this holiday means for contemporary witches and learn about what you can do to celebrate it at home with our special guest, writer and tarot reader, Jessica Jernigan, author of "A Postmodern Witches' Guide to Halloween."**********************************You can still get our workshop: QUEEN OF CUPS, SONG OF THE SIREN: Chants, Prayers, and Invocations. To join Amanda's MYSTERY CULT on Substack click here.Listen to Carolyn's podcast for artists and writers with Beth Pickens Mind Your Practice, and join their Homework Club. **********************************FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST JESSICA JERNIGANJessica Jernigan has been working with books for more than twenty years—as a bookseller,  a marketing professional, a copywriter, an editor, and a reviewer. She has also been working with Tarot since she acquired the Aquarian deck in 1984. She find Tarot to be a useful tool for meditation. What she finds, more than anything, is that Tarot cards take us outside the everyday chatter in our heads and encourage us to look at ourselves, our lives, and our worlds in new ways. Tarot has enriched her life, and she truly enjoys sharing Tarot with others. Follow her on Instagram:  @postmodernwitch - reach out via DM to inquire about her zine, "A Postmodern Witch's Guide to Samhain".Read Jessica's interview essay in Bitch Magazine with host Amanda Yates Garcia and Starhawk, goddessmother of West Coast Witchcraft, here: Binding Harm - Generations of Witches Intertwine Rituals and Activism.Check out her website: jessicajernigan.com**********************************A PROMOTION DEAR TO OUR HEARTS:From Missing Witches authors Risa Dickens and Amy Torok comes a new book to help you harness the power of lunar magic. New Moon Magic offers 13 anti-capitalist practices for the modern witch—one for each New Moon of the year—that will help you rediscover your magic and nurture a Witchcraft that creates instead of consumes.Each practice is paired with a Witch who embodies the Craft, including The Word with Terry Tempest Williams and Toni Morrison, The Circle with Audre Lorde, The Garden with Mayumi Oda, and more. New Moon Magic is available now wherever books are sold. ***North Atlantic Books is offering listeners 30% off (plus free shipping) on New Moon Magic with code NEWMOON (all one word) at www.northatlanticbooks.com now through December 31, 2023. This offer is limited to recipients with U.S.-based mailing addresses only⁠.*************************************BETWEEN THE WORLDS QUEEN OF CUPS, SONG OF THE SIREN: CHANTS, PRAYERS, AND INVOCATIONS WORKSHOPIn this course, you'll learn how to call your longings into being through the timeless art of prayer, chanting, and invocation. You'll learn to create spells and rituals simply by using your voice, with the tarot as your guide. By the time you complete this course you'll be able to offer prayers at your gatherings, write chants to help you access your intuition, and devise invocations to call your intentions into the material world. Inspired by the Queen of Cups, this workshop will teach you to access your inner muse, awaken your creative spirit, use your voice as a tool for meditation, magic, and offerings from your heart to the world.FIND OUT MORE You can buy this as a one off or become a member of our coven where you get workshops, monthly tarot studio classes, and lots of other goodies included in the cost of membership.Become a Between the Worlds Weird Circle Subscriber, click here.**********************************Learn More About Your Host Amanda Yates GarciaTo join Amanda's MYSTERY CULT on Substack click here.To order Amanda's book, "Initiated: Memoir of a Witch" CLICK HERE.Amanda's InstagramTo book an appointment with Amanda go to www.oracleoflosangeles.com*********************************Original MUSIC by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs**********************************Get in touch with sponsorship inquiries for Between the Worlds at betweentheworldspodcast@gmail.com.CONTRIBUTORS:Amanda Yates Garcia (host) & Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs (producer, composer). The BTW logo collage was created by Maria Minnis (tinyparsnip.com / instagram.com/tinyparsnip ) with text designed by Leah Hayes.

In which we discuss magical practices for the New Moon (and all moons), reasons to re-enchant your world, witchcraft as an anti-capitalist practice, ways to work with the rhythms of nature that don't require you to add one more thing to your to-do list, and advice for baby witches from some wise witches of the North. Special guests today are Amy Torok and Risa Dickens of the Missing Witches podcast (you're going to love them!); they've just come out with their second book "New Moon Magic: 13 Tools for Resistance and Re-enchantment". We love their work and we know you will too, join us!**********************************California Medical Debt Super Smackdown is a group of California-based friends (and wrestling fans) who were inspired to help eradicate local medical debt after reading articles about other groups of friends doing the same thing. We're not affiliated with any organization — just friends. Learn more about how to help eliminate medical debt for low-income Californians for pennies on the dollar here: https://ripmedicaldebt.org/campaign/ca-medical-debt-super-smackdown/**********************************You can still get our workshop: QUEEN OF CUPS, SONG OF THE SIREN: Chants, Prayers, and Invocations. To join Amanda's MYSTERY CULT on Substack click here.Listen to Carolyn's podcast for artists and writers with Beth Pickens Mind Your Practice, and join their Homework Club. **********************************FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR GUESTS: AMY TOROK AND RISA DICKENSAmy Torok and Risa Dickens are witches, artists, activists, and perpetual students living out in the woods on unceded Anishinaabe territory, in Quebec, Canada. They host the podcast, Missing Witches where they research true histories – and interview real practitioners – of Witchcraft and other occulted practices. They learn from artists, poets, academics, and activists who are conjuring better possible worlds. They're dedicated to creating an intersectional, feminist history of ideas; sharing marginalized ideas about what's POSSIBLE; and helping to build communities of care with other magical beings. They've also written two books, Missing Witches: Reclaiming True Histories of Feminist Magic and New Moon Magic: 13 Anti-Capitalist Tools for Resistance and Re-enchantment, and run a magical community, which is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of love.Check out their website: missingwitches.comOr follow them on Instagram:  @missingwitches**********************************BETWEEN THE WORLDS QUEEN OF CUPS, SONG OF THE SIREN: CHANTS, PRAYERS, AND INVOCATIONS WORKSHOPIn this course, you'll learn how to call your longings into being through the timeless art of prayer, chanting, and invocation. You'll learn to create spells and rituals simply by using your voice, with the tarot as your guide. By the time you complete this course you'll be able to offer prayers at your gatherings, write chants to help you access your intuition, and devise invocations to call your intentions into the material world. Inspired by the Queen of Cups, this workshop will teach you to access your inner muse, awaken your creative spirit, use your voice as a tool for meditation, magic, and offerings from your heart to the world.FIND OUT MORE You can buy this as a one off or become a member of our coven where you get workshops, monthly tarot studio classes, and lots of other goodies included in the cost of membership.Become a Between the Worlds Weird Circle Subscriber, click here.**********************************Learn More About Your Host Amanda Yates GarciaTo join Amanda's MYSTERY CULT on Substack click here.To order Amanda's book, "Initiated: Memoir of a Witch" CLICK HERE.Amanda's InstagramTo book an appointment with Amanda go to www.oracleoflosangeles.com*********************************Original MUSIC by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs**********************************Get in touch with sponsorship inquiries for Between the Worlds at betweentheworldspodcast@gmail.com.CONTRIBUTORS:Amanda Yates Garcia (host) & Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs (producer, composer). The BTW logo collage was created by Maria Minnis (tinyparsnip.com / instagram.com/tinyparsnip ) with text designed by Leah Hayes.

Sharing their new book New Moon Magick: 13 Anti-Capitalist Tools For Resistance and Re-Enchantment, Amy and Risa are also the founders of the Missing Witches community and podcast. Reminding us that magic is free, all around us, inside of us and available to us whenever we tap in.  Follow Risa and Amy @missingwitches

The witches are back! On the latest episode I'm joined again by Risa Dickens and Amy Torok, who first appeared on the show in 2021. They're back this time to discuss their latest book, "New Moon Magic: 13 Anti-Capitalist Tools for Resistance and Re-Enchantment."  Risa and Amy are also the co-authors of “Missing Witches: Reclaiming True Histories of Feminist Magic”, both from North Atlantic Books, and the co-hosts of the podcast Missing Witches.On the latest episode we explore:The nature of sacred activism and the constantly flowing journey between personal evolution and its outward expression in the worldThe importance of holding multiplicities and paradox, and how this work is essential to witchcraftWhy differences shouldn't divide us but rather invite us to expandRisa and Amy's process for collaborating and writing their books together - and in doing so, how they've joined a lineage of powerful women who write togetherOur shared loved of dirt, and why it's much more than a metaphor for both the medicine we need AND what's ailing usShow Notes If you'd like to know whose ancestral tribal lands you currently reside on, you can look up your address here: https://native-land.ca/You can also visit the Coalition of Natives and Allies for more helpful educational resources about Indigenous rights and history.Please check out Home to Her Academy, a school dedicated to seekers of Sacred Feminine wisdom!  www.hometoheracademy.com. And while you're there, don't forget to sign up for my newsletter to stay up to date with upcoming classes.My book, “Home to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred Feminine,” is available from Womancraft Publishing! To learn more, read endorsements and purchase, please visit  https://womancraftpublishing.com/product/home-to-her/. It is also available for sale via Amazon, Bookshop.org, and you can order it from your favorite local bookstore, too.Please – if you love this podcast and/or have read my book, please consider leaving me a review! For the podcast, reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful, and for the book, reviews on Amazon and Goodreads are equally helpful. Thank you for supporting my work!You can watch this and other podcast episodes at the Home to Her YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hometoherGot feedback about this episode or others you've heard? Please reach out on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hometoher/ ), Facebook  (https://www.facebook.com/hometoher)You can learn more about Amy and Risa's work at www.missingwitches.com. You can find them on Instagram @missingwitches and on Facebook at  facebook.com/missingwitches.During this episode, we discussed Z Budapest. This article quotes Amy and provides a good overview of her life and work, including her stance on transgender individuals participating in ceremony. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-18/this-feminist-witch-introduced-california-to-goddess-worshipAmy and Risa also mentioned the following resources:  Great Cosmic Mother by Monica Sjoo and Barbara Mor, as well as New Age and Armageddon by Monica Sjoo; Surfacing, by Margaret Atwood; Witches, Midwives and Nurses by Barbara  Ehrenreich and Deirdre English.I mentioned the book Witches and Pagans by Max Dashu Risa mentioned the song Water Witch, by Secret Sisters. You can listen to it here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXb1lxv9caQI discussed the controversy around the book The Mists of Avalon in a prior episode. This article provides an overview (content warning: child sexual abuse is discussed): Content warning - these article refer to child sexual abuse. More context here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jun/27/sff-community-marion-zimmer-bradley-daughter-accuses-abuseRisa and Amy also mentioned several other thinkers during this episode. These include: Professor Donna Haroway; philosopher and anthropologist Bruno Latour ; writer and activist Sylvia Federici ; and artist and scholar WhiteFeather HunterRelated Episodes The Portal of the Divine Feminine with Sophie Strand: https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/the-portal-of-the-divine-feminine-with-sophie-strandFinding Missing Witches with Risa Dickens and Amy Torok: https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/witch-finding-with-risa-dickens-and-amy-torok

This week, we welcome to the show artists, musicians, authors and fellow podcasters Risa Dickens and Amy Torok. Amy and Risa from the Missing Witches project join us for a deep dive into the archetype of the witch. What is it? What changes does it portend? What does it mean when it is so close to the surface? What are our obligations to it? We also talk ancestors, reclaiming history, art-as-magic and a whole lot more. Super great chat! Enjoy!     Show Notes   Missing Witches: Podcast and Website. Missing Witches: The Book Missing Witches Fundraiser for the Montreal Native Women's Shelter.        

Risa Dickens and Amy Torok are the co-authors of "New Moon Magic: 13 Anti-Capitalist Tools for Resistance and Re-enchantment" (September 2023), and "Missing Witches: Reclaiming True Histories of Feminist Magic" (March 2021). Through historical research, interviews, and the authors' own raw personal stories, New Moon Magic offers wisdom and guidance from real Witches past and present. It shows you how to take up tools and practices, discover (or rediscover) your own magic, and nurture a Witchcraft that creates instead of consumes. Fresh, fierce, and unapologetically feminist, this is both guidebook and rallying cry–an intersectional and inclusive magical praxis that resists, disrupts, and opens the door to nourishment, abundance, and transformation. www.missingwitches.com/ www.instagram.com/missingwitches/

News: A coven member is participating in the Knit for Food Knit-a-thon on 3/26 (supporting Meals on Wheels, Feed America, World Central Kitchen, and No Kid Hungry)  You can sponsor our friend at https://givebutter.com/knitforfood23/clarakeegan and we will be having our next Patreon Crafty Hangout on that day in support! One of Emily's friends is directing an all-ages play about knitting at the Lifeline Theater in the Chicago area!  It's called Extra Yarn and it will be playing from 2/18 - 3/19 on Saturdays and Sundays https://lifelinetheatre.com/performances/2022-2023/extra-yarn/ Emily will be vending at the Lexington Comic Con 3/23 - 3/26 http://www.lexingtoncomiccon.com/ Emily will be vending at the Craftin' Outlaws market in Columbus, OH on 4/2 https://midwestcraftcon.com/marketplace/ Emily will be vending at the Goblin Market in Atlanta, GA on 4/22 https://timetravel.events/product/the-goblin-market-2023/   FO: Lauren made a pair of notions bags with leftover opossum print fabric from her Pinafore dresses     WIPS: Emily  - Musselburg Hat by Ysolda https://ysolda.com/products/musselburgh in Fiber Stash Dyeworks, Tweedy Toes base, Moss colorway https://www.fiberstashvt.com/tweedy-toes-sock-yarn - Northeasterly Blanket in Lantern Light Fellowship of the Rings Advent calendar mini skeins https://www.lanternlightyarn.com/ - Garter Stitch shawl design in Teal Torch Knits Mini Skein Set https://tealtorchknits.com/ - MKAL Clue 2 only modification in Earl Grey Fiber Co fingering weight, Figgy Pop and Mum's the Word colorways (back burnered)   Lauren - Heirloom Temperature Blanket by Suraya Hossain in Valkyrie Fibers Rainbow Temperature Gradient https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/heirloom-temperature-blanket - Vanilla hat in Hanalei Hand Dyed Yarn, fingering weight Kalalau colorway www.hanaleihanddyed.com  (back burnered) - Poncho design in La Hermandad natural colored Romney 2 ply fingering from Prado de Lana https://www.pradodelana.com/ and some deep stash, and some handspun tweed     Acquisitions:   Lauren - wool wash and people wash bar soaps from https://longwinterfarm.com/   Emily got many treasures on her recent trip to NY! - from Kinokuniya bookstore: a Kiki's Delivery Service Bakery paper model set, small foldable scissors, washi tape cutter, Fruits Basket manga - art print card from Honeybunch Lettering https://honeybunchlettering.com/ - from Brooklyn General, two skeins of La Bien Aimee in the Floromorganite and The Flying Knitter colorways - from Books Are Magic, Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic by Amy Torok and Risa Dickens - Big Bud Press tote bag https://bigbudpress.com/collections/all       Occult Corner: Part two of Lauren's deep dive that she is calling ‘Jack Parsons: Rocket Scientist, Occultist, Messy Bitch' He was a mad scientist that loved blowing things into space and loved Alestair Crowley's particular flavor of occultism.  In this second installment we cover Parson's troubles both personal and professional, spoiler alert: adding L Ron Hubbard into the mix didn't help anything and the Red Scare/Cold War was not kind to a progressive polyamorist in a drug-fueled sex-magic commune with access to classified military intelligence.   Self Promotion:   Emily's Fairy Pocket collection is available!  There are enamel pins, art prints, and project bags.  New stickers are in stock and look for the Zodiac pins to hit the shop in April   Lauren will be having a shop update on 3/26 with fresh Star Wars yarns!

Are you ready to get a little witchy? Jinkx is joined by witches, activists, and authors Risa Dickens and Amy Torok. They chat what the true meaning of being a witch is, Jinkx's winning moment, donation stores burning witch books, stones from fans, and so much more. So buckle up, hunker down, and hit play on this new episode of "Hi Jinkx"! Listen to Hi Jinkx Ad-Free AND One Day Early on MOM Plus FOLLOW JINKX Website Instagram Twitter FOLLOW MOM PODCASTS HI JINKX! IS A FOREVER DOG AND MOGULS OF MEDIA (M.O.M.) PODCAST Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 32, part 2 of Odd and Awed : A mind blowing counter-cultural conversation with anti-capitalist agents of the Divine Feminine & badass word witch authors, Amy Torak and Risa Dickens. In this second part of this interview with Amy and Risa, we dive into some of the topics that weave their way through their books New Moon Magic: 13 Anti-Capitalist Tools for Resistance and Re-enchantment (coming out in September 2023), and Missing Witches: Reclaiming True Histories of Feminist Magic — one of my all time favorite books on witches. Just to give you a taste of the juiciness… We talk about the complex historical relationship between science and magic, including the politics of science that matters, and how Witches were actually the first real scientists. We talk about the dysfunctionality of the global economic system and its' lack of learning from nature's lessons on the critical importance of diversity and balance. We talk about indigenous knowledge, the difference between reconciliation and reparation for indigenous peoples as well as the problem — and potential — of white guilt. If you're curious about radically expanding your perspective and tuning into a much needed intersectional take on everything witch-related, then brew your tea and set aside a good delicious hour to listen to this mind expanding episode. xx Alex More about Amy and Risa Risa Dickens and Amy Torok are the co-authors of New Moon Magic: 13 Anti-Capitalist Tools for Resistance and Re-enchantment September 2023, and Missing Witches: Reclaiming True Histories of Feminist Magic, March 2021. BUST magazine wrote “Dickens and Torok teach us what it means to create art, engage in activism, and exist at the intersection of witchcraft and feminism.” Find their books, podcast, zine and coven at MissingWitches.com And a few of those intersectional feminist resources mentioned: God is a Black Woman by Christena Cleveland Spells, Ceremonies & Magic by Migene González-Wippler Decolonization is for Everyone by Nikki Sanchez (YouTube video)

On today's episode of the show, Shaun and Courtney are sitting down with Amy Torok, one-half of the amazing witchy duo behind the Missing Witches project. In circle today we discuss witches as anti-capitalist figures, as artists, as spiritualists, and as real human people. Let's gather ‘round the cauldron and join hands, witches, in solidarity and in joyful collaboration! Risa Dickens and Amy Torok are the co-authors of New Moon Magic: 13 Anti-Capitalist Tools for Resistance and Re-enchantment (September 2023), and Missing Witches: Reclaiming True Histories of Feminist Magic (March 2021). BUST magazine wrote “Dickens and Torok teach us what it means to create art, engage in activism, and exist at the intersection of witchcraft and feminism.” Find their books, podcast, zine and coven at MissingWitches.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thelionthewitchandthepod/support

Happy first New Moon of 2023! I'm so excited to share this episode with you — it's raw and real and full of fun! 

In it I interview the authors of one of the best witchy books I've read — Missing Witches, who happen to be super smart counter-cultural anti-capitalist agents of the divine feminine, Amy Torak and Risa Dickens. Because the share is so incredibly valuable I've decided to share it in 2 parts. In today's airing — part 1 — you'll hear about Amy and Risa's personal experiences as best friend witches. We talk about the magic that brought these witches together, what it was growing up in the 1980s as a “freak”, Divine, the Drag Queen, urban and rural witchcraft, the magic of straight lines and projective geometry and so much more! This is a mind blowing philosophical conversation between 3 witches (I'm including myself in there) — each born in Ontario, Canada and raised (or not so much) by single moms (curious, right?). These incredible women are the real deal my friends and I'm not exaggerating when I say that the episode is going to blow your mind! Enjoy! xx AlexMore about Amy and Risa. Risa Dickens and Amy Torok are the co-authors of New Moon Magic: 13 Anti-Capitalist Tools for Resistance and Re-enchantment September 2023, and Missing Witches: Reclaiming True Histories of Feminist Magic, March 2021. BUST magazine wrote “Dickens and Torok teach us what it means to create art, engage in activism, and exist at the intersection of witchcraft and feminism.” Find their books, podcast, zine and coven at MissingWitches.com

Episode 167. The Moon is powerful - and it is an essential part of magic. In this episode of Astrology Bytes, Risa Dickens and Amy Trok of Missing Witches, share their best tips for working with the Moon in a practical way. We also talk about their upcoming book, New Moon Magic: 13 Anti-Capitalist Tools for Resistance and Re-enchantment. 

Episode Description On episode 80 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby discuss the relationship between psychedelic states and witchcraft. They talk about magickal elixirs, like those given to initiates of the Eleusinian Mysteries, and Circe's ‘love filters.' They consider magic mushrooms, mandrake, poppy flowers, LSD, and how these substances played a role in journeying, dreamwork, and divination. They talk about Isis, Hecate, Inanna, Demeter, Persephone, Asclepius, Maria Sabina, St. Nick, and reflect on the connection between ergot (a psychoactive fungus) and the Salem Witch Trials. Created by Tamed Wild. Production by Julio Montero Music by Follow the Wind, Taizo Audio. Sources: “Plants of the Gods” by Richard Evan Schultes, Albert Hofman, and Christian Ratsch “Witchcraft Medicine” by Claudia Muller Ebeling, Christian Ratsch, and Wolf-Dieter Storl “Psychedelic Mystery Traditions: Spirit Plants, Magical Practices, and Ecstatic States” by Thomas Hatsis "The Witch's Ointment" by Thomas Hatsis "Pharmako Gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path" by Dale Pendell "Maria Sabina: Selections (Poets for the Millennium)," Volume 2 by Maria Sabina and Jerome Rothenberg “Mushrooms and Mankind” by James Arthur “Missing Witches” by Amy Torok and Risa Dickens “Psychedelics & Witchcraft: Deliriants, Soporifics, & Folklore.” Tripsitter.com, 2022 “Why Do Witches Ride Brooms?” via The Atlantic Merry Jane John Rush via LiveScience Dr. Linnda Caporael from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute HistoricMysteries.com Heriberto Yepez Hieroglyphica, sive, de sacris Aegyptiorvm aliarvmqve gentivm listeris commentari (1575 manuscript)

In this episode: Do you believe in witches? Do they only come out at Halloween? Is magic real? What does it mean to call yourself a Witch? We are going to answer these questions and more when we have a conversation with a real live Witch. “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. An inside look at the vital stories of women who have practiced--and lived--magic.” Missing Witches 2022. My guest in the episode is Amy Torok who along with her partner Risa Dickens are the co-authors of New Moon Magic: 13 Anti-Capitalist Tools for Resistance and Re-enchantment, AND Missing Witches: Reclaiming True Histories of Feminist Magic. BUST magazine wrote “Dickens and Torok teach us what it means to create art, engage in activism, and exist at the intersection of witchcraft and feminism.” Risa and Amy are also the co-creators of the Missing Witches Podcast, where episodes vary from storytelling about historic, magical women and queer practitioners, to conversations about re-enchanting the world, death, animal kinship, neurodiversity, and beyond. Welcome to the show…. More info and how to connect with Amy https://beforeyougopodcast.com This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Witches, artists, activists, and perpetual students, Risa Dickens and Amy Torok are hosts and authors of “Missing Witches”. “Missing Witches” is a labour of love, research, and web-weaving, dedicated to creating an intersectional, feminist history of ideas; and uncovering feminist and marginalized ideas about what is and what's possible; and helping to build communities of care with other magical beings. Amy and Risa talk about their Canadian moms Sheryl and Shiela and what they've learned from them: not to be a slave to social norms, to look at the beauty of the world, to be compassionate and non-judgmental, to not let your gender determine who you will be, to understand where people are coming from, and to tell the truth.  They also talk about witches, the history of witch hunt, patriarchy, capitalism, and role models.  To learn more about Risa and Amy, and "Missing Witches", please visit their website. To contact Ana, please send your mail to: info@thankyoumama.net For more about “Thank You, Mama" and to subscribe to the newsletter, please visit: http://www.thankyoumama.net

Tässä jaksossa Ella ja Ida juttelevat tarot-pakan kympeistä, jotka ovat tärkeitä syklien taitekohtia. Kympeissä edellinen sykli paketoidaan ja päästetään siitä irti, jotta uusi sykli voi taas alkaa. Kympit päättävät Tarot-salongin ensimmäisen kauden pieneen arkanaan keskittyvän sarjan, jossa kortteja on käyty läpi numero kerrallaan. Tervetuloa kuuntelemaan! Aikamerkinnät:1:27 kympit yleisesti14:10 sauvojen kymppi33:25 maljojen kymppi46:50 miekkojen kymppi 1:05:50 pentaakkelien/lanttien kymppi Jaksossa mainittua: Tarot-pakat:RWS, The Wild Unknown Tarot, This Might Hurt Tarot, Fifth Spirit Tarot, Spolia Tarot, Thoth, Spacious TarotKirjallisuus:Minna Salami 2020: Aistien ViisausJessica Dore 2021: Tarot for Change. Using the Cards for Self-Care, Acceptance and GrowthT. Susan Chang 2021: 36 Secrets. A Decanic Journey Through the Minor Arcana of the TarotRachel Pollack 1980: 78 Degrees of WisdomRisa Dickens & Amy Torok 2021: Missing Witches. Recovering True Histories of Feminist MagicAnna Kortelainen 2002: Virginie! Albert Edelfeltin rakastajattaren tarina Muut:Rafael: Ateenan koulu (1509-1510)Löydät Ellan ja Idan löydät myös Instagramista:@tarotwisdomii (Ella)@idaniittyleinikki (Ida)sekä heidän omilta verkkosivuiltaan:tarotwisdomii.comidaniittyleinikki.com

Bio: Risa Dickens and Amy Torok are the co-authors of New Moon Magic: 13 Anti-Capitalist Tools for Resistance and Re-enchantment which is coming out next Spring from North Atlantic Books, and Missing Witches: Reclaiming True Histories of Feminist Magic, which came out in Spring 2021. These books offer a strange mix of history, memoir, and meditation. Missing Witches sold 10 000+ copies in its first 6 months and BUST magazine wrote “Dickens and Torok teach us what it means to create art, engage in activism, and exist at the intersection of witchcraft and feminism.” Risa Dickens and Amy Torok are the co-creators of the Missing Witches Podcast. Launched in September 2018 — one month before Risa gave birth to her daughter May — the show's episodes vary from researched histories of real magical practitioners, to interviews, panel conversations and meditations. The show is written, produced, recorded, edited, and hosted by Risa and Amy. It is created in collaboration with their coven community at patreon.com/missingwitches. The Missing Witches Coven is a witchy, science-loving study group/informal book club working collaboratively to seek and center marginalized ideas and possibilities; and a mutually-supportive space to be honest about how fucked up racism, misogyny, misogynoir, ableism, heteronormativity and capitalism are and to mourn; and also a space to CACKLE WICKEDLY and HOWL WILDLY together and to seed within each other ways to survive, resist, re-enchant and FLOURISH.

Written, performed and recorded by Risa Dickens with music and original sound design by Amy Torok.https://www.missingwitches.com/2021/04/04/86-mw-terry-tempest-williams-a-pencil-is-a-wand-and-a-weapon/https://topostext.org/work/216Thomas Halliday - Otherlands https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/612030/otherlands-by-thomas-halliday/https://www.jstor.org/stable/26453831https://mitpress.mit.edu/blog/bird%E2%80%99s-eye-view-human-language-and-evolutionTerry Tempest Williams - When Women Were Birds - https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250024114/whenwomenwerebirdshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/massive-genetic-effort-confirms-bird-songs-related-to-human-speechhttps://freesound.org/people/chris_dagorne/sounds/425315/ 

The full text is available on http://www.missingwitches.comWritten and performed by Risa Dickens, with audio by Amy Torok. With additional audio from: https://freesound.org/people/chris_dagorne/sounds/425315/Mayumi Oda:https://mayumioda.net/products/willow-kannon?_pos=2&_sid=6186a7d3c&_ss=r 

On episode 56 of the Magick and Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby speak with Amy Torok and Risa Dickens. Amy and Risa are witches, podcasters, authors, and the creators behind the Missing Witches project. They discuss magick as resistance work, amplifying marginalized voices, and witch aesthetic as a portal. They share their plans for the Spring Equinox and why calling in new ways of thinking is a potent spell, no matter the season. Learn more about the Missing Witches: Website: www.missingwitches.com Instagram: @missingwitches Patreon: www.patreon.com/MissingWitches Buy the Missing Witches book! www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/659307/missing-witches-by-risa-dickens/9781623175726 Created by Tamed Wild. Production by Julio Montero Music by Follow the Wind, Taizo Audio.

On episode 46 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby explore Winter Magick during the longest nights of the year. They discuss the Maiden, Mother, Crone in relation to the Winter Solstice. Their conversation covers the Solstice as a potent alignment, Mother's Night, and The Charge of the Goddess. Together they explore Goddeses and Winter Witches to connect with during the season as well as the animal symbols of the season including reindeer, deer, ravens, and horses. Created by Tamed Wild. Production by Julio Montero Music by Follow the Wind, Taizo Audio. Sources: Courting the Wild Twin by Martin Shaw “Rituals, Recipes, and Lore for Yule” by Llewellyn Missing Witches by Amy Torok and Risa Dickens Girl With Antler by Ansel Elkins Spiral Dance by Starhawk Shoutouts: Seasons of Moon and Flame by Danielle Dusky Marie Louis Von Franz Old Befana by Tomie Lucid News Christmas Mushroom:https://www.lucid.news/the-psychedelic-mushroom-behind-christmas/

Hey friends, I'm reaching out with an episode that I hope will bring some comfort in these heavy times. Speaking to Risa & Amy of Missing Witches was truly such a joy and a great reminder of how powerful witchcraft is. I hope you'll enjoy listening as much as I loved asking questions. Here is some of what we talked about:  How and why the Missing Witches project came to be What it means to live in feminist magic Witchcraft as a sense of personal power How nothing is mundane and everything is sacred Risa Dickens has an undergraduate honours baccalaureate in English Literature and a masters in Communications Studies. She helped found Worn Fashion Journal writing feminist fashion history. Since then she has worked in community building, marketing and PR in tech for over 15 years. Amy Torok is an ESL teacher, counter-culture enthusiast, professional musician and visual artist/designer with a B.A. in English Literature and a post-graduate diploma in Journalism. Risa and Amy were on a similar track, community and event organizing in Montreal, when they met backstage at a ukulele showcase. Together they've worked their magic to create music, a coven, a podcast, and now a book. Both Risa and Amy live tucked into the woods of Quebec. https://www.missingwitches.com/ The EBC: https://yarrowdigital.com/diy-business-school/ Stories Weekend: https://www.yarrowmagdalena.com/stories/ Mending Together: https://www.yarrowmagdalena.com/mending/

Risa and Amy's book is Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic. You can learn more about them and their podcast at  https://www.missingwitches.com/.You can also learn more about the books and art Monica Sjoo, which we discussed toward the end of the episode, here:https://www.monicasjoo.net/.

We are thrilled and honored to be joined this week by Canadian witches Risa Dickens and Amy Torok, the hosts of the podcast and eponymously titled (gorgeous!) book Missing Witches! In our meandering conversation, we talk about the magic of place, identity, and the impact of ancestors. Join us on Patreon at the Witch tier or above for this week's bonus content— a chat about magical community aaaaand maybe psilocybin? You'll also get every single prior Patreon cut— that's more than 27 pieces of extra content just for you, our beloved Patrons! Talk about a good deal for just $6. (Or upgrade to our Book Coven tier to join us on The Artist's Way + get access to your very own private community of like-minded witches!) SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Stay tuned by following us on Instagram (@pocketcovenpodcast). If you haven't yet, please do us a favor and rate & review us on Apple podcasts! Those written reviews help other like-minded weirdos find us and enjoy the magic alongside you, and it absolutely makes our day, every time. You can also find us on Facebook. Podcast artwork by the incomparable EJ Landsman. As always, please remember that this podcast is for entertainment purposes only. While we might be professionals in some respects, we are but simple mortal podcasters and should not be confused for your own therapist or doctor. Please seek professional assistance if you are struggling. We love you!