Keeping the Fire: Stories from our Hearths
Online
June 3, 2026
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Keeping the Fire: Stories from our Hearths
This new online offering brings together voices from our global network and international community of Firekeepers, sharing personal stories of walking this path. Through intimate conversations, our Firekeepers speak about tending community, navigating deep personal transformation, and discovering what it means to dedicate themselves to something greater than the individual self. Their journeys reveal how this work fosters growth, resilience, and a profound sense of purpose. These stories remind us that when we come together to keep the fire—within ourselves and within our communities—we help nourish the collective flame that supports humanity during these times of deep change. Facilitated by our longstanding Firekeeper and Speaker for Sacred Fire, Lawrence Messerman, we will be inviting you to connect with our Firekeepers and sharing stories from their hearths from all around the world.Registration
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Keeping the Fire June 3rd, 2026 3 pm EDT | 8 pm UK Please join the call at least ten minutes before start time in order to ensure your connection is complete. If you know someone who could benefit from more fire and heart in their life, invite them to join us!Price
We want this offering to be affordable to all and are offering a sliding scale registration fee. Please pay what works for your budget. $10 USD (approx. £8.00, 6.65 AUD) $15 USD (approx. £12.00, 9.98 AUD) $20 USD (approx. £16.00, 13.30 AUD) $25 USD (approx. £20.00, 16.63 AUD)For more information
For more information, contact Sylvia Edwards at sylvia.edwards@sacredfire.org
Featuring
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Julie F. Decarroux. Julie is a shiatsu practitioner and musician based in Bristol, UK. She first encountered sacred fires in 2008 while studying Plant Spirit Medicine with Eliot Cowan and was deeply moved by the wise, loving energy that flows from a consecrated fire. In 2023, she became an initiated Sacred Fire Firekeeper and is now honoured to offer this heart-centred medicine from her home hearth in Greenbank, Bristol.
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Lawrence (Larry) Messerman has been continuously astonished by–and deeply grateful–for the wisdom of Grandfather Fire ever since he first ‘met’ Grandfather at a gathering on the beach in Santa Barbara, CA over 25 years ago. Under Grandfather’s guidance, Larry went on to become a mara’akame (initiated healer and ritual leader in the Wirárika or Huichol tradition) as well as being involved with Sacred Fire in various capacities. (The gods seem to like keeping human people busy!) This includes organizing Ukilái retreats for men, helping to launch Sacred Fire’s mentoring program for young adults, as well as becoming a Co-Executive Director and eventually Executive Director of Sacred Fire. He currently serves as Sacred Fire’s Speaker or chief spokesperson. Larry and his wife Jessica De la O and their friend Sherry Boatright help people connect with Grandfather Fire’s ‘primal form’ at their monthly community fires in Carrollton, Georgia.