Cross the threshold into fire as a living consciousness — an initiation.
Discover fire culture with Kaurna/Narungga man Jack Buckskin (Kuma Kaaru), then enter into your own relationship with fire through the ancient practice of Fire by Friction.
Across embodied, earth-based cultures and lineages, fire by friction has always been more than a way to light a flame for cooking or warmth. It is a doorway of remembrance: of our earth-connected ancestry, of the animate earth, the element of fire, and the life force and manifestation potential that flows through us all.
In this workshop we gather on the traditional lands of the Peramangk people, guided by fire as our primary mentor.
Jack Buckskin will open the space with a traditional smoking ceremony, sharing story and cultural perspectives on the significance of fire. Fire has been utilised, tended and revered by First Nations people for tens of thousands of years — in spirit, ceremony, and care for Country. This is a rare and special opportunity to sit in a yarning circle with a well-respected Aboriginal custodian and ask questions about First Nations cultural relationships with fire.
Then, guided by workshop facilitator and Rewilding Mentor Tiffany Schultz, we will prepare intentions, gather materials and tinder bundles, and begin crafting our own fire kits — before getting hands on with the ancestral practice of fire by friction in pairs or small groups.
We dance with presence, patience, and flow — meeting our own edges in the attempt to bring a coal into being as an initiation into fire as a living consciousness.
We will also share a delicious lunch cooked over the fire featuring wild foraged & sourced ingredients. We finish with a sharing circle to reflect on the process. Each group will be able to take their fire kit home to continue the practice if desired, for life.
A reasonable level of fitness and dexterity is helpful, but desire, curiosity, patience, and determination are far more essential. Please contact Tiffany at tsabundance(at)gmail.com with any queries or concerns.
What to bring:
– A fixed blade woodcarving/bush knife (or similar) to carve your fire kit from softwood provided
– A small axe if you have one
– Water bottle, weather-appropriate/sun-protective attire, personal emergency medications. Bowl or plate & cup, thankyou.
Please note:
– Exact location (Adelaide Hills, < 1 hr of the city) will be shared by email 48 hrs beforehand
– Allow extra time for parking and arrival
– Likely limited mobile phone coverage
– See FB event posts for carpooling opportunities
Workshop Facilitator Bio
Tiffany Schultz is an ecologist, natural resource manager, and experienced environmental and outdoor education facilitator. She has apprenticed within an earth-based, animate wisdom lineage — the same ancestral lineage carried in Australia by Gina Chick (winner of Alone Australia Season 1) and Claire Dunn (author of My Year Without Matches) — through mentors such as Katie Rydge (Alone America Season 12) and Sam Robertson (Nature Philosophy). Tiffany approaches survival practices as both student and guide, creating space for others to reconnect as a mentor, mirror, and catalyst for deeper belonging.
🌿 Together, with First Nations ceremony & story, and hands-on Fire by Friction practice, we will rekindle relationship with fire as both primal inheritance and living teacher.
Sign up to our email tribe for 2 for 1 ticket code valid till 1155pm tonight Monday Sept 22nd! And future rewilding opportunities. http://eepurl.com/cgajsP
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