My language of fire
I’m not a fire keeper I tend the hearth fire
I’m not a master of fire. I am an apprentice of the ancestral fire.
I don’t bust out a coal - I coax the embryonic ancestral fire out of hiding
I don’t make fire. I welcome the ancestral fire.
#angsaxonpagan #fireritual #sacredfire

My favourite tree - The Bow Drill Tree 😀 Hazel
#sacredfire #ritualfire #fireritual #pagan #heathen #frictionfire #ancestralfire #earthskills #ancestealskills

The church outlawed friction fire (earliest ref is 8th c) as it was seen as heathen! The Neid fire practice was common thru Europe til mid 18th c then mostly forgotten!
Rekindling the Neid Fire🔥 more info on my website
#sacredfire #angsaxonpagan #ritualfire #fireritual #heathen #pagan

Neid Fire: a communal fire by friction ritual used in times of distress throughout UK/Europe until mid 19th c! Banned by the church as heathen and buried in the ashes of the last Neid Fires! SHFF is reinvigorating the Neid Fire! more info on website #sacredfire #angsaxonpagan #fireritual #ritualfire

Fire Gate is what the Slavs called the apparatus used to welcome the heathen Neid Fire/Living Fire

I called them Fire Churns but I now prefer Fire Gate😀
Here are a few of my Fire Gates
See my website for more info
#sacredfire #fireritual #heathen #frictionfire #angsaxonpagan

Friction fire for use in ritual/holistic practice. NOT bushcraft! Drawing on folklore and stories. rekindling the pagan Neid Fire ritual. Encouraging communal participation ANYONE can rub sticks!🌈 #pagan #heathen #sacredfire #fireritual #ritualfire #holisticpractice #ancestralfire #frictionfire

How to use hard wood like Oak in friction fire. Oak was traditionally used in the Neid Fire ritual - I demo how to use Oak with Bow Drill for use in fire rituals. #sacredfire #fireritual #ritualfire #frictionfire #pagan #heathen #ancestralfire #holisticpractice

What is SHFF? Passing on skills and knowledge to welcome fire in a holistic/ritual way using friction fire thru in-person teaching and online content.
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