Destination Unlimited

Aired Wednesday, 20 July 2016, 8:00 PM ETIn her ground breaking 1976 book, When God Was a Woman, Merlin Stone evoked a memory of a time, before patriarchal religion, by saying… “For people raised and programmed on the patriarchal religions of today, religions that affect even the most secular aspects of our society, perhaps there remains a lingering, almost innate memory of sacred shrines and temples tended by priestesses who served in the religion of the original supreme deity. In the beginning, people prayed to the Creatress of Life, the Mistress of Heaven. At the very dawn of religion, God was a woman. Do you remember?”In much of the world today, the concept of God as a Woman would at a minimum be considered heresy and in many cultures result in execution.My guest this week, Lasara Firefox Allen, wants us to remember and move beyond mere remembrance. Her new book, Jailbreaking the Goddess, is a revolutionary and radical re-visioning of the feminine divine. A wild hearted change agent, Lasara delivers tools