The Hearth of Home

John 1:14 NIV 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

From the beginning Life was centered around the Hearth of Home. Our 1st priority was Human survival. The God who dwelled among us extended our Life through family and the gathering of generations around the Sacred Fire.

The Hearth was the center of Home. Life began there in the morning when ancestors gathered for the first meal, sharing their plans for the Day. At night they returned to share their stories of the Day. The Old Ones shared the Wisdom of the Past. The Hearth Fire was central to family life. The Sacred Fires were tended through the Night. The Vestal Virgins tended the Hearth of the One Eternal Flame, from which Fire was gathered for every home.

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