Firekeepers tend to the living flame at the heart of our inquiry into a culture of care and kinship rooted in radically shared aliveness. Like the keepers of an ancestral hearth, they help sustain the field of care and responsibility, ensuring that the space honours the interdependence of all beings.
Firekeepers come together as a body once a year to form a physical Firekeeper Circle. Throughout the year we gather online, tending to the flame. At the yearly gatherings, through facilitated experiences, deep listening, and embodied reflection, we track, deepen and strengthen the collective practices and capacities that form the preconditions for a culture of care and kinship – evolving towards radically shared aliveness.
You can read more about What Happens at a Firekeeper Gathering here.
In 2026, the World Ethic Forum gathered on the African continent for the first time. With the support of our partner organisation Nile Journeys, we were hosted in Kenya, at Brackenhurst, among the tea fields of Limuru.
For everyone, this shift in place marked a change in the quality of our connection. In 2026, the gathering started to feel properly like a field, or a frequency to tap into: wider, freer, less heavy. Maybe the longer time we spent together contributed: we extended the gathering, from two and a half days to four and a half, to allow for more depth.
Yet even as we transitioned our place of gathering, and with changes in the scenery and culture, continuity remained. It was there in the bodies of the Firekeepers themselves, some present from the beginning, ready to welcome those who had joined more recently. It was there in the ongoing thread of our inquiry and daring to be with the not knowing. It was there materially, in the form of ashes carried from the previous year’s fire, and water brought from Pontresina in a jug shaped from Pontresina clay. It was there, with our intention to lean in, listen to, and further deepen our practices for a culture of care and kinship.
Read a longer reflection on the 2026 gathering.
