Risa Dickens > Quotes

“And every act of compassion for ourselves and others is kindling for our holy hearts.”
― Risa Dickens, Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic

“Inga Muscio wrote, and I’m onboard and I hope you are too, that it does not matter if they are biological, surgical or metaphorical. A cunt’s a cunt.”
― Risa Dickens, Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic

“Enheduanna begged: “Precious Queen / Rekindle for me / your holy heart.”
― Risa Dickens, Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic

“The MEs are the Sumerian understanding of the relationship between humanity and the gods. A ME is a world-ordering power. My English-speaking brain took awhile to get over ME not meaning Me, Myself, I. But I find it a delightful and useful mistake to keep making. A declaration that makes all life possible? That’s Me. The human condition? That’s Me. A world-ordering power? That’s Me. In the battle against Shame, it is beneficial to think of oneself as being fundamental to the understanding of the relationship between humanity and the gods.”
― Risa Dickens, Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic

“Shame is a great force, capable of controlling large patches of our environments, our bodies, and our lives, and it is created to be WEAPONIZED.”
― Risa Dickens, Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic