Occasionally places become available on Kith & Kin. If you would like to register your interest please send me a message. Please note that it is a requirement for people wishing to join Kith & Kin that they have or will attend Embercombe’s The Journey programme before enrolling.
I offer this in-depth experience to people who:
- Are committed to the twin trail – the inner path of self-becoming, self-healing, and deep connection; the outer path of being in service to the Earth and all life
- Have the hunger, time, resourcefulness, and commitment to engage in this learning journey as a whole person – mind, body, emotion and spirit, potentially over several years.
- Have a hunch that in working alongside me (and others) for a while, will strengthen, deepen, and assist them in becoming more embodied
The Purpose
This journey is undertaken in service to our mother earth, her people, and all beings. It is designed for those who in addition to growing their potential will simultaneously and forever, give their energy, love and talents towards the emergence of a peaceful, flourishing and regenerative world community.
The Content
There is no specific syllabus, no set duration, no certificate of completion, and no resulting qualification. Mac will guide an emergent process that goes into the belly of that which enabled him to meet himself, find alignment, and ‘live while he was alive’.
Aside from the online sessions, Kith & Kin is largely based outdoors in nature and in ceremony. It is a group journey comprised of individual trails that continuously twine, separate, and join. Together and separately there will be adventures that probe the unknown, listen, share, dream, dance, sing, teach, and engage choices that launch the group and/or individuals into places that are at times joyous, terrifying, bewildering, illuminating, confusing, funny, unsafe, reassuring, invigorating and tiring. Participants will sometimes fast, research and study, write and speak, tell stories, pray, climb, swim, plant, and forage. They will make things, create, destroy, and mourn. They will celebrate, practise compassion, deepen into trustworthiness, and develop powers of discernment. They will seek to inhabit a world that is animate, present, wild, nourishing and always surprising.
“We will endeavour to go deep and far. We will be true friends to each other. We will never retract our love for this earth, her people and all beings. We will live our lives in service.” Mac Macartney
Programme shape and duration
Kith & Kin involves three in-person residentials each year. It also includes bi-monthly 1:1 and full group on-line sessions, together with some study/research, writing, and individual/group projects.
Kith & Kin does not have a fixed end or completion date. People will apply, engage, and have their experience. People will leave whenever the circle no longer serves their journey. New people will arrive as others leave. Like a village the programme will accumulate a history, a culture, and many stories. It will have its time and then it will cease.
The Residential Venue
Our ‘hearth’ and the place where most residential gatherings take place is located at Embercombe in the south west of the UK. It is a beautiful, rewilding location. Kith & Kin’s facilities are basic but ideal for the purposes of this programme.
Cost
Annual membership costs £1680. This can be paid up front or in 12 monthly standing order instalments of £140 starting from the first month that you start membership. This includes access to all 3 in-person residentials*, 6 one-to-one sessions and 6 bi-monthly group sessions.
This includes activities, camping, and provision of breakfasts and dinners. You will need to bring your own lunches. Additional payments for yurt accommodation can be made directly to Embercombe if you’d prefer not to camp.
Agreement
Once an application has been accepted and you have confirmed your interest, you will be asked to review and sign an agreement that sets out expectations and responsibilities for all parties.