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Fire Speaks: Fire Speaks Fire Stories: Community Fires Fire Stories: Lifeways 2012 Reunion Deep Community Stories Exploring the Core Basis of Prayer presenter Fire Work front Page Excerpts Front Page Featured Posts Heart of Birth presenters Lifeways posts Lifeways presenters Marketplace October 2012 Peaceful Dying Project presenter Reunion Expressions Sacred Emergence presenters Sacred Wakening presenters September 2012 The Heart Blog Turning of the Tide: Experiences of Sacred Fire Community Solstice Fires Ukalai Women's Retreat presenters Ukila'i Men's Retreat presenters Volunteers Way of Transition presenter Select Page Mission Critical: Return Fire to the People Jan 5, 2020 | Features , January 2020 | 0 | Sacred Fire Across the World: Always at Home by the Fire Dec 9, 2019 | December 2019 , Features | 0 | The Spirit of Fire Nov 13, 2019 | Features , November 2019 | 0 | Best Insurance for Natural Disasters Dec 16, 2017 | December 2017 , Features , January 2020 | 1 | Features Hot News Updates and Announcements Fire and Wisdom for Challenging Times: Upcoming Fire Speaks Events Jan 8, 2020 It’s time to apply for Young Women’s Initiation 2021 Dec 19, 2019 Taking Time to Grow Ourselves Nov 13, 2019 Warmth and Wisdom to Transform the Cold Sep 24, 2019 Are you a young woman seeking initiation? Sep 24, 2019 Four Girls Become Young Women Through Sacred Fire’s Initiation Aug 19, 2019 There’s still time to sign up for Fire Speaks in Massachusetts! Aug 19, 2019 Sacred Fire Outreach: Interested in joining our team? Jul 15, 2019 Registration Open for Fire Speaks in Harvard, MA Jul 15, 2019 Lifecycle Living: The Next Phase of Becoming Jun 13, 2019 Flashes Happenings from around the global community Fires Are Spreading: Welcome to New Firekeepers Jan 8, 2020 Precious Seeds from Voices of Wisdom Nov 13, 2019 Firekeepers, I Love You: Part 5 Aug 19, 2019 Firekeepers, I Love You: Part 4 Jul 15, 2019 Prosperity Ritual June 3 May 28, 2019 Firekeepers, I Love You: Part 3 May 3, 2019 Ireland is Sending a Hundred Thousand Welcomes Apr 16, 2019 Year of the Earth Pig Apr 9, 2019 Firekeepers, I Love You: Part 2 Mar 13, 2019 Firekeepers, I Love You: Part 1 Feb 13, 2019 With Gratitude for Abundance Jan 14, 2019 Let the Women Gather: The World Depends on It Dec 10, 2018 Tepoztlán Protection Ritual: Divine Help, Community Action Dec 3, 2018 Olympia: Fire Spoke And Raven Landed Nov 1, 2018 Young Adult Initiation: An Alchemical Process Oct 21, 2018 When Men Gather: The Gift of Elders Oct 20, 2018 Wildfires, Courage and Community Oct 1, 2018 Voices of Wisdom Southeast 2018 Sep 11, 2018 The Hill Where People Gather Around Fire Jul 23, 2018 Wedding Bells ring in North Carolina Jun 24, 2018 Life Cycle Living Sparks Important, Beautiful Questions Apr 2, 2018 Looking for a Pack to Run with? Apr 1, 2018 Video: Light Up Your Heart Mar 8, 2018 Vídeo: Audiencia del Año Nuevo Tibetano de 2017 Mar 1, 2018 Video: 2017 Tibetan New Year Fire Mar 1, 2018 Video: David Wiley on the value of traditional wisdom for modern men Feb 27, 2018 Come to the Fire! Feb 5, 2018 Want to help heal our culture? Feb 5, 2018 Raven welcomed by Sacred Fire Olympia, WA Dec 12, 2017 Mesa Life Project: Road to Fruition Dec 11, 2017 Anne Lynn completes mara’akame initiation fiesta Oct 8, 2017 Join us in welcoming our new initiates Sep 14, 2017 Meet a Firekeeper Firekeeper Love Letters Poems Wisdom of Emotions Lifeways The Path to Firekeeping by Around the Fire Editor | Feb 24, 2019 | Event Landing Page , Features , February 2019 , Meet a Firekeeper | 2 Are you looking for great purpose, meaning and transformation in your life, while producing spiritual connection, community and help for others? Would you like to see conflict and polarity in people’s lives changed to heart and dialogue? If so, we invite you to explore stepping into the role of Sacred Fire Firekeeper. In premodern cultures around the world, people recognized the otherworldly effect of sitting with Fire and its influence to open people in a way not easily understood. Beyond heat and light, the presence of Fire was revered for the way that it could produce emotional, mental and spiritual health for communities and individuals, when facilitated by someone who could see and work with Fire’s special gift. This ability, held by those in the role known as “firekeeper,” was cultivated and passed on through generations to particular people. Firekeepers would then be a common presence at gatherings, council and ceremony. Nowadays, this skill, which has been lost in our society, is being reintroduced with the help of Grandfather Fire, and through his relationship to traditions that are still familiar with this spiritual endowment given for humanity’s benefit. Meet a Firekeeper: An Invitation to Dance with Emotions by Around the Fire Editor | Dec 18, 2016 | Around the Fire , December 2016 , Meet a Firekeeper | 0 Meet a Firekeeper: Robin Lockwood by Around the Fire Editor | Oct 1, 2016 | Around the Fire , Meet a Firekeeper , September 2016 | 1 Meet a Firekeeper: Reyna and Roger Menadue by Around the Fire Editor | Jul 15, 2016 | Fire Stories , June 2016 , Meet a Firekeeper | 0 Meet a Firekeeper: Lucy Wells and Michael Locke by Around the Fire Editor | Mar 9, 2016 | Fire Stories , March 2016 , Meet a Firekeeper | 0 Part 5: Firekeepers, I Love You for being good role models, being committed, and for seeing the big picture http://atf.sacredfire.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Love-Letter-to-Firekeepers-5.mp3 Firekeepers, I Love You: Part 5 by Erin Everett | Aug 19, 2019 | August 2019 , Firekeeper Love Letters , Flashes | 4 Sacred Fire Firekeepers, you are unique individuals who have some very special qualities that help you to do what you do. You open your homes and hearts to people just like the readers of our posts—people who live in communities in seven countries (and growing)—to come and be human beings together around the fire, just as we humans have always done. Thousands of people each year come to your Sacred Fires for community, connection, healing and growth. In this final podcast in her series , fire-goer Erin Everett shares three more qualities that Sacred Fire Firekeepers possess and model for her and for their communities. If you happen to be reading this and listening to our podcasts, feel free to tell your story of what fire or Firekeepers have done for you in the comments of this post. Firekeepers, I Love You: Part 4 by Around the Fire Editor | Jul 15, 2019 | Early July 2019 , Firekeeper Love Letters , Flashes | 3 Firekeepers, I Love You: Part 3 by Erin Everett | May 3, 2019 | Firekeeper Love Letters , Flashes , May 2019 | 0 Firekeepers, I Love You: Part 2 by Erin Everett | Mar 13, 2019 | April 2019 , Event Landing Page , Firekeeper Love Letters , Flashes | 0 Firekeepers, I Love You: Part 1 by Erin Everett | Feb 13, 2019 | Event Landing Page , February 2019 , Firekeeper Love Letters , Flashes , Social Media post | 2 Something Essential by Jonathan Merritt | Aug 13, 2018 | Event Landing Page , Features , July 2018 , Poems | 0 By Jonathan Merritt, Sacred Fire Portland, Oregon We recently asked Sacred Fire Contributing Editor Jonathan Merritt to share his experiences with Grandfather Fire . He came back with a beautiful poem that we would like to share with you. Grandfather Fire granted us three audiences during a recent gathering in Northern California. He spoke of many subjects, patiently addressing our questions, speaking to our hearts. The wisdom shared inspired the following poem... Love Is Round by Sherry Morgan | Mar 19, 2017 | Heard Around the Fire , March 2017 , Poems | 0 In the Time of the Smoky Mirror by Madeline Merritt | Dec 18, 2016 | Around the Fire , December 2016 , Heard Around the Fire , Poems | 2 The Gift of Grief: Honoring Loss, Opening to Peace by Prema Sheerin | Nov 6, 2018 | Event Landing Page , Features , November 2018 , Wisdom of Emotions | 4 by Prema Sheerin, Sacred Fire Asheville, North Carolina A well-tended garden has a balance of...