FIRE CIRCLE (Liturgy) AT THE LIGHTHOUSE, Part Two The Smudging Ceremony From the blanket A drum offered to the Scottish woman, “Drum like so,” says Kevin. On the blanket a shell to hold the sage leaves, a match to ignite them. Kevin bearing the shell to each of us in the circle clockwise, each… Read More

  Possibly you wonder where Chief of Operations and the Blog Editor, also known as Lew and Audrey, retreat on summer holiday: It’s to the Canadian island of Newfoundland, also known as The Rock. What follows is an account in four segments of an experience from Summer 2014.   FIRE CIRCLE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE or… Read More