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The Sanctuary

9 Fires Peace Wheel Ceremony
October 10th to 12th / 03
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Sean
(pictured right),
with his "Club House" in
New Mexico, behind him 

Beow is the lead in
to an article in the
Openminder, Issue 13, September 16th 1999
set some background on the life style behind the pictures.

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Sean and Esther, as they are known by friends have carved and dug themselves a piece of "heaven on earth" in rural Grand Forks. Their unique approach to life and lifestyle is one that many may consider learning a little more about. Sean has had magazine articles written about his paper & glass houses in New Mexico a building material useful in warmer drier climates. When I arrived for our meeting, Sean was busy on the roof, building a new structure that had his trademark, round shape for his northern habitat "the Sanctuary" as it has been called.

Above is map showing the location and layout of the "Sanctuary"
on Granby Road, just north of the city of Grand Forks B.C.
Below are pictures showing of some of the buildings and grounds of this site
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A pathway leading to the Grand Kiva

Below is a more complete view of the Grand Kiva
44 feet in diameter, 12 sided, about $700 in material costs


these are two views inside the Grand Kiva
taken from the entrance that illustrate the size,
the frame work of the ceiling and the stonework of the lower walls


The skeletal frame work during the begining stages of the buiding of the Grand Kiva

Another house of cord wood and mud, is the one below affectionately called the "Hobbit House"


The Star Dome

Below: the criss cross pattern of the roof structure of the Star Dome


Sean and friends and the Star Dome