Misha Magdalene
Author of Outside the Charmed Circle: Exploring Gender & Sexuality in Magical Practice
About the Author
Misha Magdalene (they/them) is a multidisciplinary, multi-classed, multi-queer witch. They are an initiate of three lineages of traditional witchcraft: Anderson Feri, Gardnerian Wicca, and Central Valley Wicca. They hold a degree in gender, women, and sexuality studies from the University of show more Washington. Misha is the recipient of the Leslie Ashbaught Feminist Praxis in Education Award. They live near Seattle, Washington, and can be found online at www.MishaMagdalene.com. show less
Image credit: Photo by Megan Langley.
Works by Misha Magdalene
Outside the Charmed Circle: Exploring Gender & Sexuality in Magical Practice (2020) — Author — 49 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Magdalene, Misha
- Legal name
- Davis-Langley, Tamsin
- Gender
- female
- Education
- University of Washington (BA|Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies)
- Short biography
- Misha Magdalene (she/her) is the pen name of Tamsin Davis-Langley, a multidisciplinary, multi-classed, multi-queer witch, priestess, and sorceress. She is an initiate of three lineages of traditional witchcraft: Anderson Feri, Gardnerian Wicca, and Central Valley Wicca. She holds a bachelor's degree in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies from the University of Washington, and was the recipient of the Leslie Ashbaugh Feminist Praxis in Education Award. She lives near Providence, Rhode Island and can be found online at www.MishaMagdalene.com.
- Nationality
- USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Reviews
I thought this book cracked into a lot of the really heavy issues keeping people from a magical practice. This was my first Pagan/Wiccan book after years of not pursuing my path because of some similar reasons the author describes. I felt very seen and was able to contextualize the toxic 80s-90s new age I was born into that had me assuming most Pagans were fakes or abusers. I've been able to use this book as my first stepping stone into spirituality after decades of avoiding due to past show more abuse. In that, it has been a joy and a treasure.
I do, however, think the author undid a ton of work with the last 2-3 chapters. What started with a lot of nuance and calling out abuse ended with incredibly watered down politic that made me wonder if I had picked up a whole other book somehow. I can see where she get to her conclusions but boy howdy does it hurt to see a compelling, witty, and compassionate theorist impale themselves on their own internalized liberalism. It was a heartbreaking end to what locked me in for several chapters in the beginning.
I don't think I'd stop myself from recommending it, but will either scan my book and hand out leaflets of my faves or just tell them to skip the ending entirely.
... Oh. And I wish this author had taken her really cool point of always holding historical contexts in your mind when studying spirituality and applied it to Paul of the bible. Maybe going into why he had to write as misogynisticly and critically as he does? What conditions he was writing under and what deceptions he had to pull in order for his work to reach the people who understood the code? I don't think it really takes away from the point of the book to not disclose the extra context for Paul specifically, just my personal pet peeve.
(I think the author has changed pronouns since the publication of the book so I'm reflecting that in my review) show less
I do, however, think the author undid a ton of work with the last 2-3 chapters. What started with a lot of nuance and calling out abuse ended with incredibly watered down politic that made me wonder if I had picked up a whole other book somehow. I can see where she get to her conclusions but boy howdy does it hurt to see a compelling, witty, and compassionate theorist impale themselves on their own internalized liberalism. It was a heartbreaking end to what locked me in for several chapters in the beginning.
I don't think I'd stop myself from recommending it, but will either scan my book and hand out leaflets of my faves or just tell them to skip the ending entirely.
... Oh. And I wish this author had taken her really cool point of always holding historical contexts in your mind when studying spirituality and applied it to Paul of the bible. Maybe going into why he had to write as misogynisticly and critically as he does? What conditions he was writing under and what deceptions he had to pull in order for his work to reach the people who understood the code? I don't think it really takes away from the point of the book to not disclose the extra context for Paul specifically, just my personal pet peeve.
(I think the author has changed pronouns since the publication of the book so I'm reflecting that in my review) show less
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