What is the Bonfire of Reflection®?
The Yeashore Community hosts the very special
Bonfire of Reflection®
around the
Jewish High Holy Days and the Celtic New Year.
The Bonfire of Reflection® is a non-traditional way to celebrate
and reflect for the Jewish and Celtic New Years,
as both the Jews and Celts celebrate the New Year
in a reflective and
retrospective way.
It is different from most ways people review and reflect
on the last
year and on their place in the world.
The most traditional part of the evening will be a Havdalah
ceremony
that separates the Sabbath from the rest of the week.
It is a short ceremony that is fully explained and very sweet.
The other "events" of the evening include songs of
reflection, change and remembering,
as well as people sharing their miracle stories.
The Maggid also leads a guided meditation.
The center of the evening is
the burning of items that people bring
as a way of letting go of them.
In past years there were ex-lovers letters, tax returns,
business papers, legal papers
and other stuff that people brought to be burned at the Bonfire.
It was an incredible release for those who did it.
The Yeashore Community provides blank 3 x 5 cards for people
to write on and then burn.
There are logs with holes in them that people can put the cards in and
we burn as a community.
As fire is both a creator and a destroyer,
you can write on the cards what you want to burn out of your life,
or what you want to burn into your life!
The atmosphere is joyful, warm, friendly and
a space for people to use the Bonfire to help themselves.
We look forward to your joining us around the Bonfire of Reflection!
...Be Seeing You...Maggid Raja Anderson...
