Sacred Sundays # 1 - January 5 - A Sacred Story

Facilitated by Lisa Lichtig & Patrick Hanaway.

• Attend any or all sessions.
• Family Friendly.
• Donation based - on site or via paypal. Proceeds shared with the local and international Sacred Fire Community.

1. January 5 - A Sacred Story
Through the lively telling of a sacred story, the dilemma of human beings is revealed along with a special remedy. Participants will also receive a simple practice designed to help integrate these teachings into your daily life. Appropriate for people of all ages.

2. February 2 - Relationships

When we live in a world of relationships we feel more alive.

• I see you and you see me.
• Who are we for each other?
• How do we walk together in relationship with each other through time into the future?

As we move towards Valentines Day, come join the conversation.

3. March 2 - Values

Cultures and communities throughout time have been successful living out of 5 core values:

• Fairness
• Do No Harm
• Order
• Respect
• The Sacred

4. March 30 - You Choose !! We'd love your input! Please fill out this survey by February 14.

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People ask us if there are a set of teachings that Sacred Fire offers or principles we work with. The answer is YES.
For many years, each May (including this May 24, 2025), our local Sacred Fire community hosts a special audience with the Spirit of Fire that is available to the public - called Fire Speaks. This ceremony touches people in unlanguageable ways. We also receive wise counsel and teachings about life.

• We are creating this opportunity to share some of these teachings.
• We want to give people a glimpse of what they can learn through participating in Fire Speaks. Please Save the Date - May 24, 2025.
• We want to offer an opportunity during the day so families with children and folks who don’t drive at night can easily attend.

Timing: 3:00 - 5:00 pm - Please arrive on time.
Cost: Donations onsite or via paypal. Proceeds will be shared with the local and international community.
Directions: Address to the Sacred Fire Council House sent after signing up.
Coming from out of town? Feel free to ask about camping on the land.

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MEET YOUR ASHEVILLE AREA FIREKEEPERS

Patrick Hanaway is a community leader, healer and teacher. For over 25 years, Patrick has served as a functional medicine family physician, educator and thought leader around the world. In the midst of his medical career, in 2002 Patrick received an ancestral calling to serve people as a traditional shamanic healer & ceremonial leader in the Wixárika tradition and was initiated as a Mara'akame in 2009. In 2003, Patrick received a further calling by fire to be of service to community and was initiated as a firekeeper for Sacred Fire. He has been hosting and facilitating fires for over 20 years. Patrick is also the Board Chairperson for the Blue Deer Center, a sacred place for retreat in the Catskills of NY which is one of Grandfather Fire's projects affiliated with Sacred Fire. He immerses himself in nature, community and family.

Lisa Lichtig, a devoted student of Grandfather Fire for 25 years, is also a firekeeper, medical doctor, midwife, traditional shamanic healer and mother. Lisa serves community as a Firekeeper for Sacred Fire hosting monthly community fires, womens’ fires and specialty fires. She and her husband, Patrick, are keepers of Grandfather Fire's oldest consecrated hearth within Sacred Fire. Lisa also serves on the Sacred Fire Women’s Initiation Council, which offers a formal process to guide adolescent girls and young women into adulthood. She also serves community as a Mara’akame (traditional shamanic healer and ceremonial leader in the Wixarika Tradition). She lives on a beautiful knoll in the Blue Ridge mountains of western North Carolina and carries the scent of fire wherever she goes.
Contact:
Lisa:(828) 768-3302
Patrick: (828) 713-1553
[email protected]

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT

SACRED FIRE : https://sacredfire.org/

BLUE DEER CENTER: https://www.bluedeer.org/

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DETAILS AND REMINDERS

• For practical reasons, we ask each person to reserve a seat via Eventbrite. Even if we are full please add your name to the wait list as we can generally accomodate additional people.
• With the great blessing of the Council House (a semi- outdoor, covered structure), we gather rain or shine.
• We ask you to cancel your reservation if you are ill .
• Please bring what you need for your own comfort. We provide chairs. We also have blankets & back jacks for sitting on the ground.
• Drugs, alcohol, fire arms - not permitted.

HELP with SET-UP: We always need 2-3 people to arrive 30 minutes early and help set up. Will you help this month? Set- up list on the clipboard in the Council House. Contact Lisa our firekeeper - [email protected] or (828) 768-3302.

COST: While listed as a free event, donations even as small as $5 are really helpful. Funds collected help offset the expenses involved in hosting monthly fires and events. Suggested donation of $5 - $20 can be made in onsite in the "fire gourd" or via paypal - please select friends and family to avoid service fees. Thank-you for your generosity❣️

VENUE: You will be coming to the land where we live. Please respect that this is also our home. Drive slowly on the road into our neighborhood. With the great blessing of the Council House, we gather rain or shine.

DIRECTIONS & PARKING: Directions will be sent in your confirmation letter from Eventbrite. Please check your junk mail.

IMMERSE in NATURE: As always, you are welcome to arrive early and immerse yourself in nature along 2 miles of trails and river (walk at your own risk). Maps are in the box at the large woodshed near the parking area.

CANCELLATIONS: If you need to cancel for any reason, please do so ASAP so that the next person on the waiting list can have an opportunity to participate.

Go to the Eventbrite confirmation email.

• Click on "View event details".
• On that page, in the upper right corner, there is a little icon that looks like maybe a little person: click on that and you'll see your name, etc.
• Click on the "Tickets", and you can choose "Cancel Order".

WEATHER: We gather rain or shine.

Media Disclaimer: We periodically take photographs at our events for outreach purposes. Please let the firekeeper or event host know if you do not feel comfortable with photos. When you register for an event, you agree to your photograph being used in our materials, unless you inform the host or Firekeeper otherwise before the event begins.

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