In this second video in this series on Ukilái, Traditional Healer and Elder David Wiley discusses how men in traditional cultures passed wisdom essential to meeting life’s challenges to the next generation.
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For 800,000 years, we have gathered around fires to rekindle our sacred connection to our own hearts, each other and the living world; to restore balance and wholeness, gather guidance, and cultivate warmth; and to speak and listen from the heart.
Fire can offer extraordinary gifts of transformation, healing, connection, wisdom and guidance, joy, laughter, release, inspiration and more. It is an ancient form of medicine for our people. We invite you to come to a Community Fire to discover if Fire can help you with your life.
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Our world is in deep need of the simple connection with Fire, with each other, and with life itself. Many of us volunteer a good deal of our free time to help bring this medicine to our world. This work is meaningful, provides a path of personal healing and learning, and is an actionable way to help our society heal.
Would you like to join us? We’re seeking some some key people to join our Outreach team:
Web Publisher
Has web-development chops, including WordPress, HTML, CSS, and PHP/MySQL/LAMP, and a good design eye, to help us as we grow our reach online.
Channels Manager
Able to hold the big view of our production process and keep the efforts of many team members coordinated, including digital media, social media, traditional media, and public relations.
Media Archivist
Has a good aesthetic sense, facility with PhotoShop and digital image formats, and enjoys keeping our digital archive organized, tagged, and ready to use.
Aside from talent, the main requirement is that you believe in our mission, want to grow and learn, and are willing to work as part of a team.
Please contact Bill Sutton, Director of Outreach, to explore further.
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Guardian spirit, magical provider, trickster-teacher, provoker of change. The spirit of Raven now lives in the Olympia (Washington, USA) Sacred Fire House. In 2016, fire keepers Sharon and Peter Brown were given Guidance to install a raven totem pole to benefit those who gather around their hearth. Saanich carver Doug Horne from Tsawout First Nations north of Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) created Raven from red cedar, and in mid-November 50 people gathered in 40-degree weather for an eight-hour feast, ceremony, and potlatch to entice his spirit to stay.
The celebration, protocols, and displays of abundance and generosity appealed to Raven, whose expression visibly changed throughout the event. Raven’s residence offers wisdom and protection to the Olympia community, and we’re deeply appreciative of his presence here.
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Community members of the Mesa Life Project located near Grand Junction, Colorado, USA, are delighted to announce the recent completion of an entrance road to the Mesa Life property. As with every step of bringing this dream to fruition—in this case moving past the roadblock of getting necessary easements and permits—focus on heart-centered relationship has brought the desired result.
Starting in early 2018, look for invitations to help “raise the barn,” which will allow participants to learn about sustainable building techniques and experience the nourishing, regenerative, and connective magic of this “village of the future.”
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