by Heidi Griswold | Jan 13, 2021 | blog post, Ceremonies, Uncategorized |
The Winter Solstice Ritual has left me with a feeling of warmth, hope, connection and wise guidance. Connection to my fellow community members and the common journey of being human. Guidance on how to move forward with life, grounded in the generous wisdom spoken by...
by Chris Schlake | Oct 26, 2020 | blog post, members |
OK, dear reader, (and future members!), a disclosure at the outset: the title of this blog piece? Yeah, it’s a ruse. And here’s why. We don’t really care too much about what you believe. We care more what you love. Belief has enjoyed a long run in Western culture as a...
by Deanna Jenné | Apr 5, 2020 | blog post, Sustainability |
“What does being off the grid have to do with a village ‘rooted in ancestral shamanic tradition as brought forth through the sacred and universal spirit of fire?’ ‘Nothing, for that matter,’ some would say. Shamans live in modern homes these days fully connected to...
by Deanna Jenné | Dec 26, 2018 | blog post, Fire |
Winter Solstice Ritual A near full moon, a clear star-studded sky, a warm fire, lots of people and a sacred gathering for the Winter Solstice, all culminated on the same night. It was December 21st, the annual ancient ritual time of peoples around the world, when...
by Deanna Jenné | Aug 15, 2018 | blog post, Featured, Fire, inspiration, Living in Community, The Natural World, Village living |
Many of our friends in Sacred Fire Community as well as family and our local community responded to my call for prayers for the winds to calm and the fire fighters to be safe, for the land of MLP not be taken by wild fire and that the Grand Mesa be spared from losing...
by Chris Schlake | Nov 28, 2017 | blog post, building and planning, Featured, inspiration, Living in Community, members, see what's happening page only, Uncategorized, Village living |
After stepping, and stepping, and stepping again through the many hoops leading up to a conventional mortgage, it was finally go time. With a rush of excitement we’d held and harbored for years, we submitted the hefty block of documents to our loan officer Chad, a...
by Heidi Griswold | Jun 20, 2017 | blog post, Events, Featured, Fire, inspiration, see what's happening page only |
Would you like the authentic knowing of your heart to be your guide? How do you know if your dreams are aligned with your heart and true purpose? Many “dreams” are simply desires, born of a sense of lack, and will not create true fulfilment, even if realized. It is in...
by Chris Schlake | Feb 12, 2017 | blog post, building and planning, Featured, inspiration |
Dear Fire Community, As many of you know, a number of us in the high desert of Western Colorado came together through a shared vision and stubborn longing for a way of life that enabled and encouraged a deeper connection with the land and with each other. An...
by Deanna Jenné | Oct 29, 2016 | blog post, Featured, inspiration, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Village living |
You must first work with the Spiritual matters to support all your other concerns. That is the way to sustainability. ~ Grandfather Fire Sustainability to most people means maintaining their current lifestyle. It’s a “recycling word” within the system in which one...
by Deanna Jenné | Sep 9, 2016 | blog post, building and planning, Events, Fire, Living in Community, see what's happening page only, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Village living |
“Ovens and bread exemplify how simple connections to land and food …can heal many ills.” Alan Scott, Oatlands, Tasmania Community bake houses have been a part of Villages over the Ages. Historically they were called the hearth, the center of a...
by Deanna Jenné | Jul 19, 2016 | blog post, Featured, see what's happening page only, Uncategorized |
What was years of working out the bureaucratic legal issues of a road easement with a local rancher who’s family has lived here for 100 years, the public lands held by the Bureau of Land Management and with our property’s title insurance company, the...
by Chris Schlake | Feb 5, 2015 | blog post, inspiration, Living in Community, Uncategorized, Village living |
it’s a misnomer, of course—or at least redundant—to distinguish ourselves as “land-based”: even space stations are land-based in that every molecule of their construction is mined, synthesized and assembled from some type of earth. Every community is land-based—as in,...
