Cultural Teaching Circles & Traditional Sweatlodges
Since moving to Palmer Rapids 5 years ago, we’ve not been able to host the same events that we offered at the Russwood property. Mark and Wendy are like family to us and we feel it important to keep a page dedicated to them.
While we do not currently host Sweat Lodge Ceremonies and Teaching Circles with Indigenous Elders, Record Keepers, Traditional Healers, and Teachers, Mark & Wendy Phillips of 8th Fire Cultural Center, you can read more about the Phillips and Wendy’s Seer Services further down the page. Please reach out directly to them directly to see what their current offerings are. You can join in zoom cultural teachings throughout the year as well.
SWEATLODGE CEREMONIES 
• Do not wear jewelry or glasses into the lodge.
• Things to bring: Tobacco; potluck food item for ceremonial feasting after sweat
Call 705-877-9267 for dates and details.
CULTURAL CIRCLES (Teachings) Contact the Phillips directly for more info. 705-877-9267
ABOUT THE PHILLIPS:
Mark & Wendy Phillips, both come from an ancient lineage of teachings called, Old Mede’win, a secret society also known as the Grand Medicine Society. These ancient teachings went underground when the Europeans arrived in North America for safe keeping and were not openly shared. In fact the teachings were so carefully guarded that family members did not even speak to other family members about it! This was done to preserve the culture and original calendars/history of the earth. Both Mark and Wendy have undergone extensive teachings and training from the time they were young children, as their gifts were noted by Old Mede’win knowledge keepers. They were fortunate to find each other, married, and now teach together. After the beginning of the 8th Fire (a 400 year time that began in January of 2000). according to prophesy, the Phillip’s were free to share openly with all who wish to learn the original teachings.
Both have worked and taught extensively at Universities, Colleges, Indigenous groups, prisons, and children’s programs and more. They are dedicated to their role in facilitating the once hidden ceremonies, teachings, and healings. Mark & Wendy carry sacred scrolls with ancient history and Wendy also carries the Aztec, Mayan, and Turtle calendars.
William F Mann, an officer of the Knights Templar of Canada’s Grand Executive Committee, a member of its Grand Council and serving as the Sovereign Great Priory’s Grand Archivist is both a descendent of Templar Prince Henry Sinclair and of the Algonquin bloodlines, and wrote a series of books, Templar Sanctuaries in North America, The Knights of Templar in the New World, and The Templar Meridians. William has been interviewed on several radio shows, including Coast To Coast and Red Ice Radio, and speaks about his connections to the Phillips and the historical connections between the Templars and the Indigenous poeple’s of North America PRIOR to Columbus’s arrival. There are numerous parallels between the Templar teachings and the Old Mede’win teachings. We hope you will join us on this magical journey!