5 must-read history books like Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic by Risa Dickens

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Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

By: Risa Dickens

3.98

Format: 291 pages, Paperback

A guide to invocations, rituals, and histories at the intersection of magic and feminism, as inform…

If you liked the history plot in Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic by Risa Dickens , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

By: Dossie Easton , Catherine A. Liszt

3.93

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

The essential guide for singles and couples who want to explore polyamory in ways that are ethicall… read more

Similar categories in Dossie Easton's The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
"Nymphomaniac: a woamn that has more sex than you."

-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

"When you respect your limits, other will learn to respect them too."

-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

"A ring around the finger does not cause a nerve block to the genitals."

-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

"Fighting is the ultimate act of intimacy. (...) Intimacy is based on shared vulnerability."

-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

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2. Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

By: Kristen J. Sollee

3.85

Format: 178 pages, ebook

Witch, Slut, Feminist: these contested identities are informing millennial women as they counter a … read more

Similar categories in Kristen J. Sollee's Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • history
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • witches
  • womens
  • witchcraft

3. Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers

By: Barbara Ehrenreich , Deirdre English

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Women have always been healers, and medicine has always been an arena of struggle between female pr… read more

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4. The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft

By: Diana Helmuth

3.76

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

A skeptic’s year-long quest to find spiritual fulfillment through modern Witchcraft, perfect for fa… read more

Similar categories in Diana Helmuth's The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • witches
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • witchcraft
"It occurs to me that the energy in my body is the same as the energy in the red power lights, just a different current. What’s inside the office lights is inside me. It’s also what’s in the stars a m…"

-Diana Helmuth, The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft

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5. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Montell's The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • nonfiction
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

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6. Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers and Magical Rebels on Summoning the Power to Resist

By: Katie West

4.03

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

A nonfiction book of deeply personal essays by marginalised people using the intersection of femini… read more

Similar categories in Katie West's Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers and Magical Rebels on Summoning the Power to Resist book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • feminism
  • paganism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • witches
  • witchcraft
"Donkey Milk ????"

-Katie West, Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers and Magical Rebels on Summoning the Power to Resist

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7. We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner)

By: Carole Lindstrom

4.51

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues … read more

Similar categories in Carole Lindstrom's We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • nonfiction
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8. Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD

By: Tamara Rosier

4.30

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

If you have ADHD, your brain doesn't work in the same way as a "normal" or neurotypical brain does … read more

Similar categories in Tamara Rosier's Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • nonfiction
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9. Witchery: Embrace the Witch Within

By: Juliet Diaz

4.08

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

Everywhere, the witches are rising. Are you ready to answer the call and embrace your own inner wit… read more

Similar categories in Juliet Diaz's Witchery: Embrace the Witch Within book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • magic
  • paganism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • witches
  • witchcraft
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10. Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power (Witchcraft Bestseller)

By: Pam Grossman

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A whip-smart and illuminating exploration of the world’s fascination with witches from podcast host… read more

Similar categories in Pam Grossman's Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power (Witchcraft Bestseller) book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • history
  • feminism
  • magic
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • witches
  • witchcraft
"Magic is made in the margins."

-Pam Grossman, Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power (Witchcraft Bestseller)

"Books were my broomstick. They allowed me to fly to other realms where anything was possible."

-Pam Grossman, Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power (Witchcraft Bestseller)

"How do you know if it is spirit or nature who answers? Maybe there is no difference at all. Maybe grace is green."

-Pam Grossman, Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power (Witchcraft Bestseller)

"The witch is the ultimate feminist icon because she is a fully rounded symbol of female oppression and liberation."

-Pam Grossman, Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power (Witchcraft Bestseller)

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11. Initiated: Memoir of a Witch

By: Amanda Yates Garcia

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes meets Women Who Run With The Wolves in this "gorgeously written, fierce, po… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Yates Garcia's Initiated: Memoir of a Witch book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • feminism
  • magic
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • witches
  • witchcraft
"I recommend no one ever say, “I will do X, or die trying."

-Amanda Yates Garcia, Initiated: Memoir of a Witch

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12. The Golden Tresses of the Dead (Flavia de Luce, #10)

By: Alan Bradley

3.96

Format: 352 pages, ebook

Although it is autumn in the small English town of Bishop’s Lacey, the chapel is decked with exotic… read more

Similar categories in Alan Bradley's The Golden Tresses of the Dead (Flavia de Luce, #10) book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • historical
"How can I help?"

-Alan Bradley, The Golden Tresses of the Dead (Flavia de Luce, #10)

"Lies and needlework skills have much in common."

-Alan Bradley, The Golden Tresses of the Dead (Flavia de Luce, #10)

"Shame can be greater than the need for justice."

-Alan Bradley, The Golden Tresses of the Dead (Flavia de Luce, #10)

"You can sometimes camouflage the hand, but you cannot camouflage the man behind it."

-Alan Bradley, The Golden Tresses of the Dead (Flavia de Luce, #10)

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13. Witchcraft Therapy: Your Guide to Banishing Bullsh*t and Invoking Your Inner Power

By: Mandi Em

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Discover magical solutions to cope with whatever life throws your way in this fun self-help guide t… read more

Similar categories in Mandi Em's Witchcraft Therapy: Your Guide to Banishing Bullsh*t and Invoking Your Inner Power book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • magic
  • paganism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • witches
  • witchcraft
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14. Heal the Witch Wound: Reclaim Your Magic and Step Into Your Power

By: Celeste Larsen

4.20

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

“A rare achievement that discusses the witch wound with historical depth and also offers practical … read more

Similar categories in Celeste Larsen's Heal the Witch Wound: Reclaim Your Magic and Step Into Your Power book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • history
  • paganism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • witches
  • witchcraft
"A witch is someone who claims magic as their birthright and uses it to create change in their inner and outer worlds."

-Celeste Larsen, Heal the Witch Wound: Reclaim Your Magic and Step Into Your Power

"Being seen is about simply existing in your truth and allowing others to witness that without attempting to hide, diminish, or justify yourself. When we allow someone to truly see us, we invite a dee…"

-Celeste Larsen, Heal the Witch Wound: Reclaim Your Magic and Step Into Your Power

"Ultimately, the witch craze was not the result of just one single factor. Rather, it was a conglomeration of influences that worked together over the span of hundreds of years to shape early modern E…"

-Celeste Larsen, Heal the Witch Wound: Reclaim Your Magic and Step Into Your Power

"During the Burning Times, standing out and speaking up meant risking literal persecution: imprisonment, torture, sexual assault, and murder. The scars of this trauma run deep in our collective uncons…"

-Celeste Larsen, Heal the Witch Wound: Reclaim Your Magic and Step Into Your Power

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15. The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill

By: Rowenna Miller

3.64

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

"A warm-hearted yet fierce fairy tale."―H. G. Parry In the early 1900s, two sisters must navigat… read more

Similar categories in Rowenna Miller's The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • historical
  • magic
"Mama, is that Aunt Eula’s chicken recipe?"

-Rowenna Miller, The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill

" Where flowers bloom And leaves are ever green Fortune’s winds are shifting By fairy touch unseen —Folk song"

-Rowenna Miller, The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill

" Set the table, china fine Acorn cup and dewdrop wine Crumbs of cake, berries wild High tea for Fae beguiled --- Children's rhyme"

-Rowenna Miller, The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill

" Here's to thee, old apple-tree, To buds in the spring and roots in the loam, To the Fae who brings the apples home. ---Wassail song"

-Rowenna Miller, The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill

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16. Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

By: Risa Dickens

3.98

Format: 291 pages, Paperback

A guide to invocations, rituals, and histories at the intersection of magic and feminism, as inform… read more

Similar categories in Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • magic
  • paganism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • witches
  • womens
  • witchcraft
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17. The Dabbler's Guide to Witchcraft: Seeking an Intentional Magical Path

By: Fire Lyte

4.20

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Challenge your assumptions about witchcraft, Paganism, and spiritual seeking and learn how to craft… read more

Similar categories in Fire Lyte's The Dabbler's Guide to Witchcraft: Seeking an Intentional Magical Path book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • magic
  • paganism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • witches
  • witchcraft
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18. Eclectic Witchcraft: Old Ways for Modern Magick

By: Charlotte Wilde

3.73

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Step into your power and feel confident in your magick with this modernized and inclusive approach … read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Wilde's Eclectic Witchcraft: Old Ways for Modern Magick book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • nonfiction
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19. The Ritual Effect: From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions

By: Michael Norton

3.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit and Angela Duckworth’s Grit, a … read more

Similar categories in Michael Norton's The Ritual Effect: From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • nonfiction
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20. Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism

By: Sarah Lyons

3.90

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

A fiery, intersectional guide for activists and witches alike, Revolutionary Witchcraft is an empow… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Lyons's Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism book and Risa Dickens's Missing Witches: Recovering the True Histories of Feminist Magic

  • feminism
  • magic
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • witchcraft
"The gift that witchcraft gives us is the gift of connection—the very thing the Disenchanted World wants to take away. When we do a spell, we are connecting to ourselves and our own power. We can conn…"

-Sarah Lyons, Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism

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21. Witch Hunt: A Traveler's Guide to the Power and Persecution of the Witch

By: Kristen J. Sollee

3.46

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Part history, part “armchair” travelogue, Witch Hunt is a captivating guide to the historic witch h… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • magic
  • nonfiction
  • witches
  • witchcraft

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Juliet Diaz

4.08

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Pam Grossman

4.02

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Initiated: Memoir of a Witch

Amanda Yates Garcia

4.00

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4.15

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Lyz Lenz

3.99

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Cat Bohannon

4.32

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Maria Bamford

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