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Circles on the Mountain
Explore past issues of the magazine written by and for our members and community. The first issue of Circles was published in 1988. It is a forum dedicated to exploring the personal, societal, and ecological need for meaningful rites of passage and is a rich treasure trove of stories, techniques and inspiration related to the facilitation of the initiatory process.
![2005: Expanding Borders](https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Circles_2005.jpg)
2005: Expanding Borders
Steven Foster was accustomed to receiving wisdom from nature. Ravens, rocks, wind, ...
![2010: Challenges on the Sacred Mountain](https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Circles_2010.jpg)
2010: Challenges on the Sacred Mountain
The focus for this issue of Circles was born last fall when ...
![2011: Embracing Our Indigenous Soul](https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Circles_2011.jpg)
2011: Embracing Our Indigenous Soul
In poetry and prose, facts and musings, the indigenous soul speaks in ...
![2013: Rites of Passage in a Rapidly Changing World](https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Circles2013.jpg)
2013: Rites of Passage in a Rapidly Changing World
Most of our training and work as guides has been in support ...
![2017: Severance - Threshold - Incorporation](https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Circles2017.jpg)
2017: Severance – Threshold – Incorporation
Once more we swing back to the fundamentals of Severance - Threshold- ...