Our dear friend and spiritual teacher Kahontakwas Diane Longboat has faithfully maintained a Sacred Fire at her Soul of the Mother Lodge in Ontario for decades. Women of Spirit and Faith has been blessed to join her there for ceremony on numerous occasions. 

Some Hints for Maintaining your own Sacred Fire

When we were planning for our Alchemy Too gathering in 2013, Diane reached out to advise that we needed to maintain a Sacred Fire in order to provide protection for the gathering. At first we were confused and intimidated by these spiritual instructions. How do women who live in crowded urban settings, in small apartments, in suburban housing tracts keep a fire burning for weeks at a time? In the decade since then, we have learned how simple it can be. 

Here are a few hints:

• Tall glass religious candles can often be found in most grocery stores -- often near the Hispanic foods like salsa. 

• Sometimes they have images of Guadalupe, Mother Mary or Jesus and sometimes they are clear glass. 

• An 8 inch candle like this will usually burn for about 3 days.

• Keep your burning candle in a place where there is no flammable material like fabric or paper. One of our founders keeps a candle in an unused bathtub in her home and has been able to maintain a continuous sacred fire in that bathtub for over 9 years. She offers prayers written on scraps of paper arranged in a circle about a foot away from the candle as well as burning sage and saying prayers aloud.  

We are grateful for you and for the spiritual wisdom you carry in this time of breakdown and breakthrough.

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Let's keep feeding each other, supporting each other and working together for the Good. 

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• Kathe Schaaf

• Kay Lindahl

• Anne Fitzgerald

• Ginny Matthews

• Adelia Sandoval

• Mohini Mundy

• Alison Fast

• Alisa Roadcup Bhachu

• Julia Jameson

• Amy Jones

• Erin Erickson

• Kate Twomey

• Alyssa Bishop

• Aliyah Middleton

• Noelle Schendzielos

• Bianca Garcia