

Missing Witches
Risa Dickens + Amy Torok
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.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Apr 14, 2019 • 31min
Missing Witches - Doreen Valiente: All Acts Of Love And Pleasure Are My Rituals
Missing Witches - Doreen Valiente: All Acts Of Love And Pleasure Are My Rituals
Doreen Valiente, the Mother of Modern Witchcraft, the spy who worshiped the moon and never quite came in from the cold, the sharp researcher who spotted forgeries and accidentally helped create a religion though she thought organized religion was a curse to humanity, and wrote beautiful books of poems and spells about how to draw down the moon, and how to find your own magic alone with the trees.
www.missingwitches.com/2019/04/12/missing-witches:-doreen-valiente---all-acts-of-love-and-pleasure-are-my-rituals
The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.If that sounds like your people, come find out more. https://www.missingwitches.com/join-the-coven/

Apr 10, 2019 • 46min
Witches Found: Bossing Up with Athena Holmes
WITCHES FOUND: Bossing Up with Athena Holmes
In this episode, we meet the bold and audacious Witch Artist Musician Organizer, Athena Holmes, who teaches us how to take risks, be brave and stay balanced.
http://www.missingwitches.com/2019/04/10/witches-found:-bossing-up-with-athena-holmes
The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.If that sounds like your people, come find out more. https://www.missingwitches.com/join-the-coven/

Apr 7, 2019 • 31min
Missing Witches - Zora Neale Hurston: I Want To Collect Like A New Broom
Missing Witches - Zora Neale Hurston: I Want To Collect Like A New Broom
In this episode we learn to be bold and audacious with one of America's greatest Anthropologists and Story-tellers, Zora Neale Hurston, her curiosity leading us on a journey of Magic and discovery!
http://www.missingwitches.com/2019/04/01/missing-witches---zora-neale-hurston:-i-want-to-collect-like-a-new-broom/
The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.If that sounds like your people, come find out more. https://www.missingwitches.com/join-the-coven/

Apr 3, 2019 • 46min
Witches Found: Radical Compassion With Nova
In this episode, Amy and nursing student and witch, Nova, attempt to smash the hierarchies of health with their discussion of witchcraft, mental and physical health, and the notion of Radical Compassion. CW TW in this conversation, the subject of suicide does come up. Resources are provided in episode for those who are struggling.
http://www.missingwitches.com/2019/04/03/witches-found:-radical-compassion-with-nova
The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.If that sounds like your people, come find out more. https://www.missingwitches.com/join-the-coven/

Mar 31, 2019 • 26min
Missing Witches - Urduja: You Are Kapwa, Kin, Connected To Everything
Missing Witches - Urduja: You Are Kapwa, Kin, Connected To Everything
The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.If that sounds like your people, come find out more. https://www.missingwitches.com/join-the-coven/

Mar 27, 2019 • 53min
Witches Found: Art Magic With Marigold Santos
Witches Found: Art Magic With Marigold Santos
In this episode, Amy chats with multimedia artist Marigold Santos about every thing from immigration, to boxing to folklore and how it all relates to her art and to her notion of what it means to be a witch.
http://www.missingwitches.com/2019/03/27/witches-found-art-magic-with-marigold-santos/
The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.If that sounds like your people, come find out more. https://www.missingwitches.com/join-the-coven/

Mar 24, 2019 • 27min
Missing Witches - Lady Frieda Harris: I Wish I Could Paint In Crystals
Lady Frieda Harris: I Wish I Could Paint In Crystals
In this episode we meet the Bestie of the Beast! Lady Frieda Harris collaborated with Aleister Crowley to produce the Thoth Tarot deck at the intersection of Math and Magic.
The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.If that sounds like your people, come find out more. https://www.missingwitches.com/join-the-coven/

Mar 20, 2019 • 1h 1min
Missing Witches Ostara Special - Talking 'Spiritual Bypassing' with The Birch Trail
Missing Witches Ostara Special - Talking 'Spiritual Bypassing' with The Birch Trail
http://www.missingwitches.com/2019/03/20/missing-witches-ostara-special---talking-spiritual-bypassing-with-the-birch-trail/
The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.If that sounds like your people, come find out more. https://www.missingwitches.com/join-the-coven/

Feb 1, 2019 • 54min
MISSING WITCHES IMBOLC SPECIAL - Witches In Labs - Magic and Science
Welcome to the 2019 Missing Witches Imbolc Special!! At the intersection of Art, Science and Witchcraft, we meet the brilliant and fascinating Witches at Speculative Life BioLab on the campus of Montreal's Concordia University!!
speculativelifebiolab.com
The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.If that sounds like your people, come find out more. https://www.missingwitches.com/join-the-coven/

Dec 20, 2018 • 59min
MISSING WITCHES YULETIDE SPECIAL 2018!!!
On the Missing Witches Yuletide Special, Amy and Risa talk about about consumerism, dish some witchy history and chat with astrologers Sue and Beisha, PLUS we debut the brand new Missing Witches Yuletide Carol - we hope you'll sing along!
The Missing Witches coven is trans-inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, pro-science, anti-ableist, and full of AWE and LOVE.If that sounds like your people, come find out more. https://www.missingwitches.com/join-the-coven/


