Who We Are
Our fun-loving, spirit-driven community informally began in 2016. We gathered in digitial communities to explore non-dogmatic, ancient, cross-cultural traditions of contemplation, ancestral rites, plant sacraments, and communion with the sacred realms of the cosmos and the earth.
Over time a global network of curious seekers began to take root to discover the real signs, wonders, wisdom, and miracles that come with building a personal relationship with the Divine, and the natural world.
We have evolved into a modern, collaborative community where we are reclaiming and re-envisioning the very definition of church
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​​​​​In 2021 we opened our primary sanctuary in Mount Shasta, California. Members from around the world gather there to take pilgrimage, do ceremony, receive ancestral sacraments, and deepen their connection with the sacred lands, allies, and each other.
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Our Members
We are open-minded and down to earth explorers.
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​Some members have left their traditional faiths and are redefining their relationships with faith. Some identify as religious while others identify as mystics, shamanic, atheists, or agnostic.
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All of our members, however, crave a supportive, safe, spiritual community that doesn't suck...
At aWake Community, we do our best not to suck.
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We denounce spiritual narcissism, perfectionism and purity culture in all of its forms, and strive to disrupt toxic, shame-based ideologies. We celebrate our imperfections and promote radical authenticity, radical acceptance, and radical honesty.
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What We Believe
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We believe that dogma leads to trauma. We encourage open-minded curiosity, personal authority, honoring the inner healing intelligence, and direct mystical experience over any one set of rigid beliefs.
At our core, we embrace the ancient wisdom of our ancestors which unifies all people from all seven continents who taught:​
Nature is sacred.
Nature is alive.
Nature teaches.
Nature cures.
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Like our ancestors, we believe that the creative force behind all things manifests in all things, and offers humans allies—plants, animals, land, elements, ancestors, angels, and other humans—to cure our hearts, minds, communities, and restore balance within ourselves and with the earth.
We believe that all people have equal access to this power and that by learning how to listen to, learn from, and heal through these sacred intelligences, we not only heal ourselves, but we also build inspired new paradigms for our families, communities, and the planet to thrive for generations to come.
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