Hello friends! 

Thank you for being the best listening community in the world : ) 

We have set a very big goal for this year's crowdfunder because we have some REALLY EXCITING PLANS! We're inviting you to help us reach two goals:

1. 2,000 individual donors
2. Raise $75,000 together

Not only are we going to delve into The Order of the Phoenix with more conversation, more spiritual practices, and more live shows (Denver! Chicago! Austin! London!) - but we are launching:

• A Facebook group for in-depth conversations about the podcast  
• A new podcast on writing Romance novels as a spiritual practice
• A feminist production company (OHMYGOD HOW COOL?!)
• More pilgrimages to develop walking as a spiritual practice

We can do this!

If you're someone who listens to the show within 24 hours - firstly, THANK YOU! Second, if each of you donates $20 that will be enough to hit our goal! 

Just think, that's the same as one month's Netflix subscription, an audiobook, or two yoga classes : ) Although advertising brings in some money to the show, our network Panoply takes 30% and our fiscal sponsor takes 5% so there's not a large amount left by the time it reaches us. Thank you so much for being part of this, we couldn't do the podcast without you! 

Vanessa + Casper 

About Harry Potter and the Sacred Text   

It’s the English class you didn't know you missed and the meaningful conversations you didn't know you craved; in podcast form!

Vanessa Zoltan and Casper ter Kuile have been bringing thought, reflection and laughter to Harry Potter; not just as novels, but as instructive and inspirational texts for the past two years, and 100+ episodes of this one-of-a-kind podcast.

This podcast creates time in your week to think about life’s big questions. Because reading fiction doesn’t help us escape the world, it helps us live in it.

Risks and challenges:

We've put a show on the air just about every week since May 2016 so we're confident we'll keep going! Unless Umbridge puts us in detention...

Vanessa will be launching the new podcast Hot and Bothered in October 2018 - get ready for some fabulous romance novels and sacred writing! Hopefully that will all launch without a hitch.