Sacred Fire Carrollton

05/30/2026

Men's fire tonight up on the Loblolly patio and women's fire down in the Council House--both starting at 7 pm. Find your way back to the original 'center!' Message if you have any questions, or see the post from a few days ago for more details. We'd love to see you around the fire tonight!

05/29/2026

Don David Wiley--our Firekeeper Teacher–is offering an on-line experience of practical wisdom. We hope to attend--if we can get set up for our men's and women's fires happening that evening. It should be a wonderful experience! See:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FWyBPLsXz/

Most of us are navigating life without the kind of wisdom that once shaped how our ancestors lived — the counsel of elders, the guidance of living tradition. Don David Wiley has been walking two of those living traditions — the Huichol (Wixarika) and the Nahua of Mexico — for over two decades, initiated and recognized as an elder in both. In this virtual gathering, he brings that depth to the questions you’re living with.

Join us online for this rare opportunity:
May 30 4pm EDT/ 9pm BST / 1pm PDT
May 31 6am AEST (Melbourne Australia)
https://sacredfire.org/event/virtual-teaching-fire-2026-05/

05/14/2026

Some wonderful opportunities for wisdom, transformation, and community. And at least one of your Sacred Fire Carrollton Firekeepers will be in Asheville, the Blue Deer Center, and Mt. Monadnock (and Melbourne and Bristol--at least in spirit!). See:
https://mailchi.mp/sacredfire/grandfather-fires-international-journey-corrected-8583476?e=e495694efe

05/14/2026

Tending Fire
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Pain is an inevitable part of being alive–something we share with other creatures. Suffering is something else: A uniquely human experience that comes from resisting what is in front of us. We can live with pain, but suffering robs us of life.

Sitting around the fire, we speak about the triumphs and challenges of life. The pains in our life cannot be erased. But the suffering gets transformed into something lighter as we share and let Fire do its work. This is the gift of Sacred Fire! See:

In a research study on adversity, Cortland Dahl recounts the experience of being a test subject, and the power of discerning intensity from pain.  ...

04/14/2026

We have a community fire on Saturday starting at 7 pm!

And if you're not able to make it for some reason, another event that you can access on-line during that time. And yes, I should be experiencing Fire in person at our community fire that night, but somehow 'double-booked' for that time. But this will be another wonderful experience of Fire and Firekeeping as I have a discussion with my friend and fellow Firekeeper Mark Bradford of Melbourne. Attend the community fire if you can. And if not, join me and Mark on-line!

See:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Hcygzhn5Y/

08/04/2025

Sufi teacher Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee emphasizes the spiritual nature of the current "poly-crisis" that we are experiencing as the materialistic world-view of modernism (actually post-modernism) is running out of steam. His visions lead him to believe that getting to the other side of breakdown will take two centuries. Meanwhile, we can create sustainable communities that will be a reference for better times to come.

I would add that practices rooted in traditional wisdom like our community fires will be an important source of light as we navigate through these challenging times.
See:

Mystic and Sufi teacher Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee offers a deeply personal and prophetic reflection on the spiritual dimensions of ecological collapse and civilizational decline. Rooted in both visionary experience and ecological witness, he names this time as the Darkening of the Light—an era in whic...

07/14/2025

From our friend Mindy Jackson who has attended our community fires in Carrollton. A bit long, but a good articulation of the dangers of 'spiritual bypassing'–using spiritual practices like meditation or yoga to avoid or repress important emotional expression and healing. A very real danger to those of us who are spiritual seekers. Interesting that he uses many fire metaphors at the end. We are grateful that sacred fires are a grounded way to express emotions and remove emotional blocks.
See: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19QvuLU89T/

07/14/2025

An amazing documentary about our friend and fellow Firekeeper Carole Nomessin from Bristol. Larry is honored to have spent time at her home when Sacred Fire had a Fire Speaks event in Bristol two years ago. The video is a testament to Carole's resilience and courage in overcoming some difficult circumstances in her life. Her connection to Fire has helped her to identify her American father's Salish roots--a traditional people from the Pacific Northwest. Carole speaks here about that discovery unfolding after she attended a Sacred Fire Reunion in Oregon in 2009. Your Carrolton Firekeepers were all there too.

Carole has a big heart, and is such a loving presence. We only wish we had more opportunities to be together...especially around the fire!

See:
https://youtu.be/fr--XyDkZDY?si=rWLKKmtQt97Ivf3
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This is the story of Carole Nomessin the Lady on Fire

06/07/2025

Community Fire Tonight! ❤️‍🔥🔥 - https://mailchi.mp/0b7551da7449/july-24th-community-fire-9312724 It's not too late to decide to join us for the oldest known form of healing that happens as we gather around a sacred fire. Bring your triumphs, sorrows and everything in between. Wherever there is darkness or heaviness in our lives, sacred fire transforms it to something lighter. Come experience it for yourself!

06/03/2025

Community Fire on June 7th @ 7pm🔥 - https://mailchi.mp/1ae775a43282/july-24th-community-fire-9312606 A time to come together, share and celebrate the growth in our lives. What is coming into fullness for us? Where have we been challenged? What have we be learning? Bring it to the sacred fire–the world's oldest medicine!