Monument Valley Sunsrise ©Paul J Howell 2006

This programme runs over 12 months - currently, it is the only programme offered by The Helios Fellowship - an authentic contemporary community rite of passage for men..

Fire in The Kings Cup is constellated in three realms, and is designed to lay solid foundations beneath three pillars of self-development.

• The Intra-Personal - You. An enquiry into your own development needs, desires, outcomes and challenges.

• The Inter-Personal - Community. An enquiry and practice into the ways we gather and relate to each other as men, in the wider context of our shared and interdependent lives.

• The Trans-Personal - Collective. An exploration of the potentials for your own healing and growth to benefit the wider communities you belong to e.g. your family, your organisation, club, children’s schools etc.

These threads are woven through each of the following forums: 

• The Helios Fellowship Mens Community Council - The foundation of The Helios Fellowship is deep listening. Our council is where we practice showing up for that.

• The Helios Fellowship Mentor Programme - The educational aspect draws upon a wide range of modalities and understanding, synthesised into WildMind Deep Ecopsychology.

• The Roots and Rites of Renewal - Deep Nature Immersion & Vision Quest, includes a 24 hr solo, an 8 day vision quest (4 day solo fast) and 3 day incorporation gathering.

• Three Man Clan - Ongoing peer mentoring web.

Weaving several layers of skill development; deep listening, the way of council, the art of mirroring, defining well formed outcomes, eliciting deep structure values, story-telling and the cultivation of personal practices, this programme is for men who are on a sincere journey of self development, service and stewardship.

“If you go to the river mouth you will become the owner of machetes. If you go to the headwaters, you will become the owner of feather crowns”