BTW 84: New Moon Magic with Risa Dickens and Amy Torok
Between the Worlds Podcast
Examining the Extractive Nature of New Age Spirituality
This chapter explores the nuanced history of the New Age movement, highlighting the problematic appropriation of indigenous and traditional knowledge. Through the lens of Hawaiian spirituality, it critiques the extractive practices that arise from a capitalist mindset, examining both the intentions and consequences of these actions.
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!
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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.
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FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR GUESTS: AMY TOROK AND RISA DICKENS
Amy 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.com
Or follow them on Instagram: @missingwitches
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BETWEEN THE WORLDS QUEEN OF CUPS, SONG OF THE SIREN: CHANTS, PRAYERS, AND INVOCATIONS WORKSHOP
In 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.
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.
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Learn More About Your Host Amanda Yates Garcia
To join Amanda's MYSTERY CULT on Substack click here.
To order Amanda's book, "Initiated: Memoir of a Witch" CLICK HERE.
To book an appointment with Amanda go to www.oracleoflosangeles.com
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Original MUSIC by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs
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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 Garcia
To join Amanda's MYSTERY CULT on Substack click here.
To order Amanda's book, "Initiated: Memoir of a Witch" CLICK HERE.
To book an appointment with Amanda go to www.oracleoflosangeles.com
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Original MUSIC by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs
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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!).
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Mind 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.
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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.
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