I'm Lasara Firefox Allen. I'm an author, teacher, coach, and activist. As many of you already know, the past year and some months has been devoted to getting my latest book, Jailbreaking the Goddess: A Radical Revisioning of Feminist Spirituality into, well, BOOK form!
You have been with me for the low moments and high, the deadlines pushed, met and exceeded. The all-nighters in the crappy motel. The hypomania-tinged rants. You know some of the context and terrain of this book.
You responded to the questions about the five names, you helped me learn IPA and respeller techniques for pronunciation. You read chapters and gave me feedback. You checked me when I needed checking. You made yourself seen so that I could do my best to represent you.
Jailbreaking is, in a real way, a product of OUR COMMUNITY, even though it came through me.
I am forever grateful to each of you.
In bringing the book to production, my editor, Elysia, and the team at Llewellyn have been amazing. Elysia pushed me (in the best possible ways) to deliver what is a much more radical book than even I had expected. And Laura, my final copy editor, knew what was up and went to bat for the book in order to keep important capitalization (and non) in place. I have copies in hand and the book has exceeded my expectations.The cover art makes my heart soar - it is glossy and refined, but still has relevant grit and urgency. And honestly, the smooth and luxurious handfeel makes me tingle all over. I feel so supported!
Already the book is being so well recieved. We
are over a month out from the pub date and nearly a thousand copies
have already sold. Jailbreaking has already hit a besteller
list on Amazon, has met rave reviews, and has touched hearts and lives already.
Starhawk, author of the classic Spiral Dance and The Fifth Sacred Thing among other titles, and founding member of Reclaiming Collective, has this to say about Jailbreaking:
" Jailbreaking the Goddess: A Radical Revisioning of Feminist Spirituality is an important contribution to the writings on Goddess tradition and feminist spirituality. Allen brings the tradition firmly into the twenty-first century. I love her political savvy, her sensitivity around issues of diversity and cultural awareness and appropriation, and her unabashed celebration of pleasure, sensuality, and life!"
Hers is one of many amazing, powerful voices that has risen in support of this book. I am deeply honored.
Unfortunately, as we book lovers know, amazing words from respected writers is not enough to get books into hands and in front of eyes. We need promotion galore! We need reviews in fancy magazines, we need interviews on tv shows, we need impressive launch parties, we need swag, we need a strong platform and a good team. Yes. A team. I am admitting that I am 1. not the absolute best person for the PR job, and 2. I'm overwhelmed. I need help.
I have some amazing team members ready to step up to the plate.
My Initial Goal
$500 will go to a PR team
I'm ready to hire some social justice warriors who also are
superstar PR people to do the jobs that I am not so good at. (Added
benefit: because these awesome folks do this work all the time they
also have an impressive contact list - one that I do not posses.)
$500 will go to my web person
I'm going to pay another community member to make my website
work better and look nicer. Because that shizz matters. This person
will also be making Jailbreaking info ultra accessible for me. It will
be lovely. And this job os SO not my genius.
$250 is for my coach.
My initial goal is $1250.
We can reach it. You know why?
Because here's the deal: I'm not asking you to give me something for nothing. Far from it. I want this to be an ideal win/win situation. To that end I'm offering loaded value for each premium. You will be getting MORE bang for your buck when you order here than when you order off my site. Whether your donation level allows you to participate in an online course, or get a copy of Jailbreaking, or come to the launch party, you will be getting MORE THAN your donation's worth.
My Secondary Goal:
Should funding go over my first amount and I make it to my SECOND, unofficial goal, additional monies will go to this:
$200 will go to buying some basic video equipment
...so I can make better videos! (I know: the one for this fundrazr is pretty...basic!)
$500 will go to buying more copies of the book
I am going to buy more copies of the book, so I can sell them to
you all (and give some to a few folks as gifts - because it is
essential that I be able to do that).
$1000 will be invested in the launch party
The
launch party is important because celebrating things is important. It
is also important because it is an opportunity to submerge ourselves
in the magick of the material. There will be ritual, there will be
dancing, there will be safer space under the stars where we can weave
the magick of Jailbreaking, night breeze carressing naked skin, we
will incant and enchant. This is a means and an end. This is magick.
The money will secure the use of a space where we can dance and sleep
and be naked and wild. Aumn. Yum. Yessss. (See the premiums related to
this event. You know you want to be there.)
$150 will help me ship out all the copies that are going to you lovely people, and any other premiums you purchase.
$100 is for copy support.
$200 is for various and sundry needs that are asking for my attention at the moment. Office supplies, software, this n thats.
$3450 is my secondary, unofficial goal.
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
- Spread the word about this fundraiser.
- A very cool way to do this that is not just asking for money but is sharing out value: you can share out a perk that you especially love!
- Make a pledge and get your goodies
- OR, if this fundraising thing is not your gig, reveiw Jailbreaking on GoodReads, your blog, for a print magazine
- Interview me for your podcast or radio show
- Tell your friends and family about the book!
You all have helped Jailbreaking come into being. Thank you for helping yet again, and ensuring that Jailbreaking makes a gorgeous, powerful, vibrant splash. Or is that...SMASH? As in, smash patriarchy!
I love all y'all. Thank you for your support.
-Lasara
Perks
- 2 ordered
- 8 remaining
The JAILBREAKING GODDESS FEMIFESTO COLLECTIBLE ZINE will come forth from the research into a wide variety of topics I've done while writing. It will include notes from the project, drawings (scribbles more like), pix, sigils, and an Fivefold Goddess Empowerment Femifesto. This will be a veritable treasure box of feminist spirituality propaganda, and will be limited in "print run." The copies made for this perk will be PERSONALIZED with some little tidbits written into the margins just for YOU! The pic is the IN PROCESS zine.
- 1 ordered
- 4 remaining
One of a kind, hand stenciled t-shirt - painted on an upcycled shirt for lowest impact; your choice of Femella, Potens, Creatrix, Sapientia, or Antiqua. Each will have a design (image and/or phrase) related to the archetype. Please note your size. Each shirt will be unique.
- 2 claimed
- 3 remaining
Five of my books, all personalized to YOU! * Jailbreaking the Goddess * Sexy Witch (currently out of print, so this will be a previously owned copy, but clean and signed to you) * The Pussy Poems chapbook * The Jailbreaking the Goddess Feminfesto Zine * And, an ebook of Embracing the Red Queen - Sex+Power! (You will get this one upon publication. Projected: end of July - not signed to you obviously. But I can send you a personal email!) You will have powerful, transformational reading for months to come.
- 3 claimed
- 2 remaining
One of a kind Jailbreaking the Goddess Feministo zine, a one of a kind, hand-stenciled t-shirt, and a personalized copy of Jailbreaking!
- 0 bought
- 15 remaining
Come celebrate the book release under the stars, in a circle of lovely Witches, to sexy beats. Sleep out. We'll provide a light brunch in the AM.
- 0 ordered
“Alchemy” is the magickal science of spiritual process and practice that has the power to transform and evolve spirit and matter. Alchemy is the process that transmutes the essence within the core of the dedicated seeker. This two-hour, one-on-one, intensive Alchemical Coaching session will reveal to you the doorway and set you upon the pathway to a foundational, profound, magickal and manifest transformation. You are ready to create change in accordance with your Will. This session can take place via zoon (online video interface), or in person - you travel to me, or we coordinate when I am in your area.
- 0 claimed
- 5 remaining
Are you ready to give your gift to the world? Are you ready to uplevel your practice, embrace your fears, step out to the edge of your known territory, and claim some new ground? Are you ready to move into more influence, visibility, and joyful abundance? Wild Hearted One – it is time for you to start teaching …ONLINE!
- 0 claimed
- 5 remaining
In this six week, online course you will cultivate both magickal and “mundane” (aka grounded, day to day, real life) skills that will transform your relationship with money. Magick, in my book, is equal parts intention and action – along with a few other secret ingredients. In this course you will create your special blend that will lead to your emerging financial liberation. As a Wild Hearted creative entrepreneur, you will value having both nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts, consensus reality tools AND magickal, mystical, energetic, Witchy, wild tools to keep your process of manifestation and wealth-attraction moving forward with ever more grace, grit, resilience, and know-how.
- 0 bought
- 10 remaining
In Jailbreaking the Goddess: the Initiation, we will follow her five faces deep into the process of individual and collective undoing, and then start again, weaving from a space more co-creative, more conscious, more integrated. Together we will come to know her five faces intimately, and thus know ourselves in new ways. We will do magicks large and small, and examine the ways in which our Work informs our daily work and works, and we will dig deep under the foundation of patriarchy to uncover the root of the deep knowing at the core of what is, through this radical revisioning, being revealed. If you are a serious seeker of the important truths and revelations who is ready to be part of this experience, SIGN ON NOW!
- 1 ordered
- 1 remaining
Are you ready to invite rapid and lasting change into your life? Personal coaching allows you to accelerate your growth, define and reach your personal goals, achieve deep healing, and move toward the life you most desire. Wherever you choose to focus your coaching sessions, this work will impact your life globally, rapidly, and with powerful, positive, and lasting results. “Lasara has developed powerful techniques for helping others to create new positive frameworks of thought. Her techniques are accessible and they work. I know that so many would benefit greatly from her teachings. She’s masterful.” – Bridget C. McBride, Montessori teacher, artist, and mother of two
- 0 claimed
- 4 remaining
* A personalized copy of Jailbreaking the Goddess * A copy of the Jailbreaking the Goddess Femifesto Zine * A spot in the course for yourself or to gift out * A tarot reading or coaching session for yourself or to gift out * Two tickets to the launch celebration * One on one time at my home where we can talk about magick, feminism, publishing, or take a walk, or just chill.
- 0 ordered
- 4 remaining
PRICE NOT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE! My absolute favorite thing in the whole universe is to hold the space for you to undergo major transformation. We will talk about what you want to move through, and what tools you are drawn to using in order to do so. And then we will dive deep into the process of absolute transformation. We will go deep, unearth hidden elements, make allies of previously abandoned parts, integrate, disintegrate, reintegrate. We will walk into to cauldron of changes with eyes open, and emerge like a kid in milk. We will meet at a retreat center, rent an air b n b rental, or I can come to your home. We will spend two full days and one night creating shift. Whether you want to spend your time in ritual, doing intensive coaching, creative process and pursuit, tarot, or a mix of the elements, this will be a solidly transformational experience. Devote some time out of time to your growth and evolution. (Lodging rate is variable and not included.)
- 10 ordered
- 0 remaining
Your personalized copy of Jailbreaking the Goddess, PLUS a bonus copy of the limited edition The Pussy Poems.
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The JAILBREAKING GODDESS FEMIFESTO COLLECTIBLE ZINE will come forth from the research into a wide variety of topics I've done while writing. It will include notes from the project, drawings (scribbles more like), pix, sigils, and an Fivefold Goddess Empowerment Femifesto. This will be a veritable treasure box of feminist spirituality propaganda, and will be limited in "print run." The copies made for this perk will be PERSONALIZED with some little tidbits written into the margins just for YOU! The pic is the IN PROCESS zine.
- 1 ordered
- 4 remaining
One of a kind, hand stenciled t-shirt - painted on an upcycled shirt for lowest impact; your choice of Femella, Potens, Creatrix, Sapientia, or Antiqua. Each will have a design (image and/or phrase) related to the archetype. Please note your size. Each shirt will be unique.
- 2 claimed
- 3 remaining
Five of my books, all personalized to YOU! * Jailbreaking the Goddess * Sexy Witch (currently out of print, so this will be a previously owned copy, but clean and signed to you) * The Pussy Poems chapbook * The Jailbreaking the Goddess Feminfesto Zine * And, an ebook of Embracing the Red Queen - Sex+Power! (You will get this one upon publication. Projected: end of July - not signed to you obviously. But I can send you a personal email!) You will have powerful, transformational reading for months to come.
- 3 claimed
- 2 remaining
One of a kind Jailbreaking the Goddess Feministo zine, a one of a kind, hand-stenciled t-shirt, and a personalized copy of Jailbreaking!
- 0 bought
- 15 remaining
Come celebrate the book release under the stars, in a circle of lovely Witches, to sexy beats. Sleep out. We'll provide a light brunch in the AM.
- 0 ordered
“Alchemy” is the magickal science of spiritual process and practice that has the power to transform and evolve spirit and matter. Alchemy is the process that transmutes the essence within the core of the dedicated seeker. This two-hour, one-on-one, intensive Alchemical Coaching session will reveal to you the doorway and set you upon the pathway to a foundational, profound, magickal and manifest transformation. You are ready to create change in accordance with your Will. This session can take place via zoon (online video interface), or in person - you travel to me, or we coordinate when I am in your area.
- 0 claimed
- 5 remaining
Are you ready to give your gift to the world? Are you ready to uplevel your practice, embrace your fears, step out to the edge of your known territory, and claim some new ground? Are you ready to move into more influence, visibility, and joyful abundance? Wild Hearted One – it is time for you to start teaching …ONLINE!
- 0 claimed
- 5 remaining
In this six week, online course you will cultivate both magickal and “mundane” (aka grounded, day to day, real life) skills that will transform your relationship with money. Magick, in my book, is equal parts intention and action – along with a few other secret ingredients. In this course you will create your special blend that will lead to your emerging financial liberation. As a Wild Hearted creative entrepreneur, you will value having both nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts, consensus reality tools AND magickal, mystical, energetic, Witchy, wild tools to keep your process of manifestation and wealth-attraction moving forward with ever more grace, grit, resilience, and know-how.
- 0 bought
- 10 remaining
In Jailbreaking the Goddess: the Initiation, we will follow her five faces deep into the process of individual and collective undoing, and then start again, weaving from a space more co-creative, more conscious, more integrated. Together we will come to know her five faces intimately, and thus know ourselves in new ways. We will do magicks large and small, and examine the ways in which our Work informs our daily work and works, and we will dig deep under the foundation of patriarchy to uncover the root of the deep knowing at the core of what is, through this radical revisioning, being revealed. If you are a serious seeker of the important truths and revelations who is ready to be part of this experience, SIGN ON NOW!
- 1 ordered
- 1 remaining
Are you ready to invite rapid and lasting change into your life? Personal coaching allows you to accelerate your growth, define and reach your personal goals, achieve deep healing, and move toward the life you most desire. Wherever you choose to focus your coaching sessions, this work will impact your life globally, rapidly, and with powerful, positive, and lasting results. “Lasara has developed powerful techniques for helping others to create new positive frameworks of thought. Her techniques are accessible and they work. I know that so many would benefit greatly from her teachings. She’s masterful.” – Bridget C. McBride, Montessori teacher, artist, and mother of two
- 0 claimed
- 4 remaining
* A personalized copy of Jailbreaking the Goddess * A copy of the Jailbreaking the Goddess Femifesto Zine * A spot in the course for yourself or to gift out * A tarot reading or coaching session for yourself or to gift out * Two tickets to the launch celebration * One on one time at my home where we can talk about magick, feminism, publishing, or take a walk, or just chill.
- 0 ordered
- 4 remaining
PRICE NOT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE! My absolute favorite thing in the whole universe is to hold the space for you to undergo major transformation. We will talk about what you want to move through, and what tools you are drawn to using in order to do so. And then we will dive deep into the process of absolute transformation. We will go deep, unearth hidden elements, make allies of previously abandoned parts, integrate, disintegrate, reintegrate. We will walk into to cauldron of changes with eyes open, and emerge like a kid in milk. We will meet at a retreat center, rent an air b n b rental, or I can come to your home. We will spend two full days and one night creating shift. Whether you want to spend your time in ritual, doing intensive coaching, creative process and pursuit, tarot, or a mix of the elements, this will be a solidly transformational experience. Devote some time out of time to your growth and evolution. (Lodging rate is variable and not included.)
- 10 ordered
- 0 remaining
Your personalized copy of Jailbreaking the Goddess, PLUS a bonus copy of the limited edition The Pussy Poems.
