Camp Collier, Gardner MA
People from all walks of life, all races and all faiths, are invited to the 2025 8th Fire Gathering in the Northeast. Bring your passion, vision, skills, knowledge, and expertise to help create a positive future. We will continue to build on the work of past gatherings: healing our relationship with each other and the Earth and using the collective energy to weave a path of light towards a “new people”. This will be a cross-cultural gathering where we will spend four days in dialogue, ceremony and celebration with the intention of making a “good way” ahead for Earth, Her children, and All Life. We will honor the wisdom and practices of Indigenous Peoples who have lived on Turtle Island successfully for thousands of years. Hear the voices of the grandmothers and grandfathers as they share the truths of their cultures.
Special themes for 2025: The Next Seven Generations, the Importance of Compassion
The use of the term “8th fire” references the 7 Fires prophesy of the Anishinabeg people and the possibility if we can find our way through this time, of coming to a new way of being in the right relationship with ourselves, each other and the Earth.
2025 organizers include past 8th Fire Gathering organizers and participants, not affiliated with any organization, who volunteer to make the gathering possible. We invite additional volunteers to join us in a very important part of ceremony: to help with site preparation, assisting elders, safety and clean-up. To volunteer, email us at 8thfirema@gmail.com.
CLEAR CONSCIOUSNESS EVENT: NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL
LOCATION: Camp Collier, Gardner, MA on the shores of Lake Wampanoag in the midst of 500 acres of conservation land.
SELF-CARE: Participants will come prepared to camp out and feed themselves. Read Information for Attendees by following the link above.
CHILDREN are most welcome, but we do NOT offer childcare. Childcare is your own responsibility.
THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE. Donations will be gratefully accepted at the event.
8thfiremassachusetts.org 