Praise for Witch
Lisa Lister is an uber-goddess of humour, wisdom, fun and cheek. Shes just what THIS doctor ordered.
DR CHRISTIANE NORTHRUP, AUTHOR OF GODDESSES NEVER AGE AND MAKING LIFE EASY
Reclaim that which is lost. Fall inwards and away from that which we have been sold and doesnt serve us. We are women, deep and wise, and Lisa Lister is a woman walking us into this wisdom. I love Lisa. I love everything she writes. I love her voice, her way, her magic. She weaves the truth and busts through the myths so that we can reclaim our true power. Witch is for every women who aches and knows that there is another way.
CARRIE ANNE MOSS, ACTRESS AND FOUNDER OF ANNAPURNALIVING.COM
Witch is what we all remember when we close our eyes, when were unafraid to own our power, when no one and nothing outside of us is as convincing as the force of light we can only find within. Witch is a reclamation, a reparation and mostly a revelation that love cannot be burned or buried. The love that witches have always been can only ever rise, and expand. Witch reveals a lineage of love we inherit when we dare to fully embody and become unapologetic about how much we know.
MEGGAN WATTERSON, AUTHOR OF REVEAL AND HOW TO LOVE YOURSELF
Being a witch isnt just a decision its a calling, and I am certain that Lisa Lister has spent many lifetimes preparing for this call. Lisa is a real witch who dares to shed light on a spiritual craft that shows reverence for women, nature and spirit. Let Lisa and this book be the medicine you need to awaken the witch in you.
KYLE GRAY, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WINGS OF FORGIVENESS AND RAISE YOUR VIBRATION
Lisa Lister is a badass leader of all things feminine. She is here to shine a light on all the shadows of patriarchy that we have all inherited. Witch is a book whose time has come and a response to the feminine that is rising within us all. Rise sister rise.
REBECCA CAMPBELL, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LIGHT IS THE NEW BLACK AND RISE SISTER RISE
Check your unicorn into a stable and find some chocolate for your fairy because you wont be needing them here. Lisas writing in this new offering, Witch, is powerful, raw and challenging, just as it should be. This book is more than words on a page, its Lisas blood, sweat and tears infusing every glorious moment that will take you deeper into yourself, deep enough to meet the only magical being you truly ever need to know yourself.
DAVID WELLS, ASTROLOGER AND AUTHOR OF QABALAH AND PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
Lisa Lister is the woman we all wish we were lucky enough to have as our sister. But short of having her on speed dial, this book is the next best thing to a full-on feminine support system!
KATHLEEN MCGOWAN, ACTIVIST AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE EXPECTED ONE AND THE BOOK OF LOVE
Lisa is one of those rare human beings who not only teaches truth and vitality and vulnerability and divinity, but actually **embodies** it. I love her work. I love her. Witch will change you, empower you, guide you on your journey to deeper acknowledgment of who you are and why you came here. Let it work its magic on you.
HOLLIE HOLDEN, FOUNDER OF NOTES ON LIVING AND LOVING
When someone as bold, brazen and erudite as Lisa Lister emerges to propose women feel pride in all their aspects and functions, we must afford her all the support we can muster. For if we are to evolve as a species now, it will be the women who lead us in it, ideally with the support and help of the men, but certainly no longer in deference to them.
BAREFOOT DOCTOR, AUTHOR OF BAREFOOT DOCTORS HANDBOOK FOR THE URBAN WARRIOR
Lisa Lister is love on fire. A true embodiment of the Goddess on Earth who walks the fire path of love, truth and fleshly feelings of wild desire women wake to an unconditional and healing love in Lisas wake. Her words, all from the deepest caverns of her heart, touch the hearts of all who read her. To read Lisa is to know her, and to know Lisa is to know oneself. Her journey is yours, and yours hers, and all together we piece the Goddess back together on the planet.
SARAH DURHAM WILSON, FOUNDER OF DOITGIRL.COM AND AUTHOR OF THE DO IT GIRL DIARIES
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Text Lisa Lister, 2017
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Contents
Now is the time
This is the hour,
Ours is the magic
Ours is the power.
The Craft, 1996
# WAKETHEWITCHES
Women, we are living in interesting times.
Society, nature and the way we interact with each other are all changing. Theres a quickening, and many of us more than ever before are hearing The Call.
I spoke about The Call in my last book, Love Your Lady Landscape. Its
The Call from SHE, the divine feminine.
The Call to rise, fully rooted, in the truth of who we are.
The Call that asks us to trust ourselves.
Its The Call to trust our gut, our intuition, our pussy-power and our innate feminine wisdom. Its The Call to know that when we do, our current, out-of-date hierarchical structures will crumble. Slowly at first, but they