How to Start a Friction Fire the Communal Way w/ Ian Walton Larner & Aoife Ni Lodainn

How to Start a Friction Fire the Communal Way w/ Ian Walton Larner & Aoife Ni Lodainn

February 9, 2026 · 1h 44m

About this episode

The episode discusses the communal aspects of starting a friction fire and the importance of community in ancestral skills.

Rewilding is a community effort. Many ancestral skills today are created with an individualist mindset, friction fire being one of them. But in older times, people worked together to create fire, understanding that community and togetherness was an important part of their survival. Such methods were known as the Neid Fire, Fire Churn, Tine Éigin, among others. Apprenticing to fire is a humbling experience, and learning to do it in tandem with others is a magical experience. To talk with me ab...

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