These are some of words that arose around our Beacon Lighting in Paros.
We were greatly encouraged by so much feedback from Beacon lighters all over the world
So much so that we're launching another Beacon lighting initiative for connection, liberation and world harmony. We will aim for 18:00 GMT as our indicator and this time, Monmouth Wales will be our Beacon of choice to start a chain of global Beacon lighting.
Here's a video I made today about yesterday’s iconic Beacon lighting ...as we build up to the full moon, we are trailblazing a breaking down of the old order as we set our intentions towards world harmony and a higher state of being.
Pete Lawrence
"On a starry night on November 24th, a gathering of souls, a mystical came together at Milos House for an extraordinary occasion - LIGHT THE BEACON. There, a sacred fire ceremony was held, calling in our ancestors, the spirit realms, the animal and plants kingdoms, birthed under a night sky overlooking the ocean. A new timeline, filled with community, sharings, peace and love, harmony, joy and laughter. A new era was born" Boho Dogon
From Paros to the world. We should never underestimate how the power of intention for world harmony can spread like wildfire.
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Beacons were lit in sync in:
Greece
UK
Israel
USA
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
France
Spain
Italy
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
Germany
Ireland
Cyprus
Argentina
Peru
Denmark
Portugal
Turkey
and elsewhere
Like a murmuration of starlings or a shoal of fish, often our movements are intensified by the presence of a predator which unites us into a single movement, held in a “knowing field”.
The Beacon is a light through the darkness, leading us to safe havens that exist all over the globe. When we light our Beacons around the world we offer a guiding light to one another to unite us as trailblazers in our desire for peace and harmony throughout the planet.
We already have the seeds for a global peace initiative.
We are inviting you to join with others around the world in our lighting of Beacons for World Harmony on November 24th. The original idea started here on the island of Paros in Greece and is spreading like wildfire. Paros will initiate and spark the first global Beacon this Friday (24th) at nightfall. Booking for the Paros event is essential.
The invitation if you're not on Paros is to join us wherever you are by having your own gathering around a fire with friends or lighting of a candle if you are alone or otherwise busy.
The Beacon concept is all about bringing communities together face-to-face, to bring about connection, to shine a light for a collective manifestation of world harmony and peace. This might be around specific conflict zones, a need for a ceasefire or termination of other hostilities - or wider change.
The Beacon might be a one-off gathering around a fire or it might be a gesture around a lighting of a candle. It might be a community forming to establish common ground, identify areas where change is needed and frameworks to carry out those actions, or to trailblaze new directions, values and principles. Or just be an opportunity to get together and make friends with neighbours.
Like a murmuration of starlings or a shoal of fish, often our movements are intensified by the presence of a predator which unites us into a single movement, held in a “knowing field”.
The Beacon is a light through the darkness, leading us to safe havens that exist all over the globe. When we light our Beacons around the world we offer a guiding light to one another to unite us in our desire for peace and harmony throughout the planet.
Here is Lucy Hill's prayer for peace...
You are invited to add your name and location in the comments and we will add them into our growing list of Trailblazers below who are joining together in harmony on 24th. We will gather at 19:00 EET in Greece so feel invited to join us then or any other time that suits in your timezone to send out a positive message of intention around the world.
We hope to be online too at this time. Watch this space.
The Trailblazers list is growing...
UK
Poppy Altmann - Frome, Somerset
Thomas Daniell - Lewis, Sussex
Lynda Davis - Chichester
Sunita Passi & Victoria - Nottingham
Lynette & Mia - Devon
Tanja Kerlo - London
Ruth Fox - Sheffield
Josie Kemp, Godalming, Surrey
Carol Jollie - Chiswick, W London
Sarah Jewell, Drefach Felindre, West Wales
Jackie Gee-Faulkner - Hebrides, Scotland
Fanella Hemus - Bristol
Fennel Waters - Manchester
Inge Studnick - Wiltshire
Fran Wardell - Bristol
Julia Palmer-Price - Malvern Hills
Peter Thompson - Reading
Sonja Kristina - London
Kevin & Lulu - Nottingham
Linda Williams - Stourport
Lindy Vosper - Sussex
Julia Palmer-Price - Malvern
Angela Ward - Frome
Juliet Mackay - Bristol
Mick Collins - Norwich
Chris Waters - Reading
Sahara Redman - Cornwall
Sara Greenwood - Purbeck
Ian Banyard - Cotswolds
Richard Lawrence and family - Twyford, Berkshire
Lorraine Furneaux - Penzance
Ffio Welford - Oxfordshire
Helen Warden - Northamptonshire
Inge Studwick - Wiltshire
Pascale Barrett - Stafford
Gaynor Stanley
Chris Dadswell - Lewes
Barbara Hoyle - Windsor
Sheila Carlberg - Warwickshire
Lisa McDonald, Wick, north Scotland
Tracey Cameron - Wirral
Andrea Ballancore - Bristol
Caroline Watkins - Chepstow
Kelly - Kingston on Thames
Kate MacDonald - Yorkshire
Tamara Alferoff - London
Genene Edwards - London
Sam Auckland - Avebury
Aileen Riddet and Stella Goodall - Mablethorpe, Lincs
We're launching the Global Beacons initiative with an event in Paros, Greece on November 24th. We’re lighting a Beacon for world harmony at 19:00 EET
We invite you to join us wherever you are by staging your own gathering around a fire or lighting of a candle. Please add your name and location in the comment box at the bottom of this article.
Last week, a random group of people ended up around my dinner table and we agreed that we would like to invite a small group of like-hearted friends to symbolically light the first Paros Beacon at 19:00 on Friday November 24th.
The Paros Beacon would be lit as:
1) A iconic symbol for connection and a proactive gesture towards world harmony.
2) A synchronistic vibration-raiser amongst friends around the world on the same timeline.
3) An opening salvo to inspire a new type of pop-up festival on Paros island.
The Paros Beacon will be lit in a shamanic fire ceremony by Jessica Mallock, an Artist, Shamanic Practitioner, TRE (tension & trauma release exercise) Provider, Mentor, Creative Guide and Grandmother.
Her life’s work has been to explore her inner and outer landscape and now as an elder she is a guide for others on the path. She brings lightheartedness, depth, safety, peace, wonderment and laughter to her work. She works with Spirit of the Inca (shamanic energy healing school) and has her own private practice as a healer & mentor and is a practising Artist. Her favourite place is to be found in nature, in the physical and the metaphorical which is a kind of wonderment poetry for her.
“We will gather together to make a fire as a community. Calling in sacred space, the ceremony is a movement meditation and a simple and beautiful way to let go of anything that is getting in the way of you stepping into your life. As we stand in circle we also make an offering to pacha mamma, mother earth who’s bely we live on, the fire then becomes The Children’s Fire. This is where we dream a new world into being around world harmony, one not informed by the past but informed by who we are becoming. So we leave something more life enriching and beautiful for the future generations.”
If you are based somewhere else in the world, we invite you to send invitations to friends you know around the world to join us by lighting a small fire or a candle at the same time wherever your home is on November 24th.
THE BEACONS IDEA
It’s high time we reclaimed the idea of Beacons. Instead of using them merely for the celebration of royal occasions, anniversaries or such other star-spangled ceremonials, let’s re-ignite them as signals for significant connection and celebration, of the universal desire for more harmony and peace in the world. The Beacons will bring light to this sense of connection and universal commonality between us all, whatever the beliefs, borders or prejudices.
May the Beacon lighting of the 24th be a spark for global connection but also for the start of a week when we might try out a few DIY events that could help shape a 'Grace and Spark' Paros Winter Gathering.
As my friend Boho says :
"On the enchanting island of Paros, we are coming together to host a truly special event—an intimate gathering of souls for the inaugural "Light a Beacon" Together for Peace and World Harmony. This unique assembly will feature its first-ever shamanic fire ceremony. Our collective intention is to bring forth a new world—a realm where people step out of their homes and into a space of unity, prayer, and vision for a better tomorrow.
The night promises to be rich with magical conversations, and I ask you to bring an open heart to join in the enchantment. This experience marks the first of its kind on Paros, with many more magical gatherings to follow. Follow the magic within.”
THE BEACON AS A LAUNCH FOR A NEW POP-UP FESTIVAL ON PAROS (or anywhere else)
Last week, my good friend Matt Coldrick mentioned to me "Wouldn't it be good if Paros had a Winter Festival?" This got us talking on this week's Artists Way session and sparks ignited. So we decided to float this idea out into the ether and see where it goes and who picks up on it...
Quite a few folks are agreed that we need to be thinking more outside the box these days so will came up with a long term vision, which we intend to launch properly in 2024. It would be entirely community based and also reflect an increasing awareness of and interest in subject matter such as health, wellbeing, quality food and local heritage, some key interests that are likely to attract visitors to the island out of season, whilst also appealing to islanders who might be bored with what's on offer in terms of winter entertainment options.
This year we are thinking of offering a ‘prototype’ around the end of November, and we see the Beacon lighting ceremony on November 24th as the spark to initiate further emergent possibilities until the beginning of December across the island, in preparation for the launch of a new festival next winter.
Here's the gen:
We all invite people to do at-home style ‘pop up’ events in their home or village / town. These might be talks or how-to sessions, making, arts and crafts, music performance, wellbeing or exercise sessions, fireside meditations, peace vigils, guided walks, writing sessions, visits to places of architectural or historical interest, film nights, fireside meditations, workshops, cookery sessions, gardening and permaculture, quiz nights or anything that takes your fancy.
Think of it as inviting friends round, even if they are friends you may not have met yet...
If you’d like to offer something, please email me pete.lawrence@campfireconvention.com. If we get enough response the first (prototype) Grace and Spark Paros Winter Festival will be born this year...
We have a few events lined up on Paros. A ticket is required as spaces are very limited
If you can't make the Paros event but would like to ignite your own Beacon drop us a line or comment below and let us know and we will add your name and location to the global firestarters list.
