Fire Circle Community

We consider anyone who comes to our circles to be a member of our collective. We are open, inclusive and welcome all-comers. The only prerequisite to attend is that you are willing to abide by our community responsibility guidelines.

The Spark Collective is part of a wider community informally known as the Family of Fire, people around the world who regularly hold sacred fire circles. These magical events, inspired by the ancient tradition of drumming and dancing around a fire, often run until dawn for several consecutive nights. It was at one of these all-night outdoor festivals that the idea for Spark was first conceived – to consciously bring a spark of the sacred fire into our regular lives.

These other groups in the Fire Family host regular events in California:

• Phoenix Fire – the West Coast's largest fire-circle gathering happens every August under the redwood trees in the Santa Cruz mountains
• Redwood Nights – monthly outdoor fire circles during the warm months, near Ben Lomond
• Gaia's Oasis – hosts two fire circles each year, GaiaFire in spring and TipiFire in fall
• Winter's Flame – a new weekend event held right here in Oakland every January
  

These groups host circles in other states:

• Fire Tribe Hawaii – circles every solstice and equinox on the island of Oahu
• Forestdance – circles in Massachusetts every August
• Vegas Vortex – hosts Mysterium, May Fire, and Fall Fest in and around Las Vegas
• Spirit Fire – circles in July in upstate New York
• Fires Rising – features a fire circle at this event every May in Pennsylvania
• Rites of Spring – a week long pagan festival with fire circle in every May in western Massachusetts

• Earth Fire – circles in March near Sydney, Australia
• Forestdance – also hosts a circle every February in Costa Rica