by Sacred Fire Editorial Staff | Oct 20, 2018 | Sacred Fire Blog
Don David Wiley recently shared his perspective on the importance of men coming together in the presence of an elder or elders, those who have important, embodied wisdom to share for the benefit of future generations. Here is what he had to say: The problem in the...
by Sacred Fire Editorial Staff | Oct 2, 2018 | Sacred Fire Blog
by Jen Collins, Sacred Fire New Freedom, PA Yes, of course they are! That is my first answer. GPS can get me anywhere. It’s a modern day miracle. It has successfully navigated me all through Scotland, and to new doctors’ offices, restaurants, stores…you get the...
by Sacred Fire Editorial Staff | Aug 13, 2018 | Sacred Fire Blog
We were at a pilgrimage camp in a grassy valley one ridge away from the sea and close to a cathedral-like grove of ancient redwoods at the base of that sacred mountain—one who the original peoples recognized and honored and from whom they received blessings for many...
by Sacred Fire Editorial Staff | May 16, 2018 | Sacred Fire Blog
On August 25, 2018, at a Fire Speaks event in New Freedom, Pennsylvania, USA, Grandfather Fire told us the Sacred Story of Corn. Sacred stories are passed down through the ages to help humans remember timeless wisdom that promotes living in a heart-centered way. Such...
by Sacred Fire Editorial Staff | Mar 8, 2018 | Sacred Fire Blog
We live in an age when the outlook of materialism has gripped our culture, robbing us of right relationship with the living world. So few people remain who can remember and speak to the vital wisdom our ancestors held. In times when humanity stumbles, the Spirit of...
by Sacred Fire Editorial Staff | Mar 6, 2018 | Sacred Fire Blog
Erica Cohen was just wrapping up work in her garden when the earthquake started. She wasn’t concerned at first. Tremors are common in her Mexican town, and they generally pass with relatively little fanfare. The shaking didn’t stop this time, however. It...
by Sacred Fire Editorial Staff | Dec 16, 2017 | Sacred Fire Blog
Record-breaking storms, floods, fires and earthquakes have been much in the news lately – no corner of the world is immune to such natural disasters. For those most seriously affected, the impact is devastating. The comfort and refuge of “home” and of a particular way...
by Sacred Fire Editorial Staff | Nov 19, 2017 | Sacred Fire Blog
To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose, under heaven
A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep
To everything (turn,...
by Sacred Fire Editorial Staff | Nov 19, 2017 | Sacred Fire Blog
In mid-September 2017, I was part of a group of people coming together in Tepoztlán, Mexico to attend an initiation ritual for our newest prospective mara’akame (healer and ritual leader in the Huichol tradition). This year’s candidate was my friend Anne, who comes...
by Sacred Fire Editorial Staff | Jul 1, 2012 | Sacred Fire Blog
By Erin Everett In 1997, Julia Butterfly Hill took a stand. She climbed a thousand-year-old redwood to stop the clear-cutting of an ancient forest. She didn’t know it then, but she wouldn’t be leaving those branches for the next 738 days. Why would a young woman...
