#8th fire

Native Knowings is Steven McFadden’s original compilation–a small treasure–offering a concise and contemporary compendium of some key North American (Turtle Island) wisdom teachings. “I ask you to listen, not just with your minds. I ask you to listen with your hearts, because that’s the only way you can receive what it is, what we are giving. These are the teachings of our hearts.” – Frank…

Does Breakthrough in Fusion Parallel an Evolutionary Leap?

“All the prophecies of the world, all the traditions, are converging now. There is no time for games…High magic is at work on both sides, the light and the dark.” – Carlos Barrios At precisely 1:00 a.m. on December 5, 2022, America initiated an act of nuclear fusion. That act within the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California signaled a historic…

Soul * Sparking 2022

As Summer 2022 got underway, and waves of fires, storms, and pandemics intensified, Soul*Sparks recognized that it was time to update and old book with a new cover and new formatting. Tales of the Whirling Rainbow is a journalist’s account of some of the key myths and mysteries of the Americas, and an electrifying exploration of how those myths are resounding in real time. Veteran journalist…

New cover, renewed spirit for Tales of the Whirling Rainbow

Dear Readers, I’m pleased to announce a facelift for an old book that is, I feel, acutely relevant to all that’s going on in the world. It’s the slimmest of volumes, but it still goes right to the heart of the matter. As of today the new cover and format edition is readily available as either print or eBook. Here’s an image of the new cover, and below you will find the updated text from the…

INVITATION: Engage a heroic journey along a wisdom trail

Now that I’ve finished telling the tale a second time, via the supplemental medium of memes, I’m happy to invite you (one and all) to engage the Odyssey of the 8th Fire. Through following the journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific you will meet and learn from traditional wisdom keepers of North America. What they share is directly relevant to this moment in history. My first telling of the…

Ginawaydaganuc: A concept to guide us through troubled times

As yet another United Nations Code Red warning flashes around the world, I join with those who propose that ginawaydaganuc is an essential and realistic mind set, and who encourage general, wholehearted embrace of all that it denotes and connotes. What in our vast, entangled cosmos is this thing called ginawaydaganuc? Suffice for the moment to say that it’s a word from one of the original…

Part 4 – Odyssey of the 8th Fire Memes now live on Youtube

Part 4 of the Odyssey of the 8th Fire Memes – Days 120-160 slide show is now live and freely available on my Youtube channel. The memes at this link tell a shorthand version of the longer true, epic saga available at 8thFire.net.

In invite you to undertake this adventure, to check out the tale, and through the tale to vicariously journey from the Eastern Door at the Atlantic toward the Western…