Commerce & Conservation
Land Stewardship and reciprocity
““We have been given the intellectual vision, the spiritual insight, and even the physical resources we need for carrying out the transition that is demanded of these times, a transition from the period when humans were a disruptive force on the planet Earth to the period when humans become Present to Earth in a manner that is mutually enhancing.””
Conservation Initiatives
Individuals at SMS have worked since 2010 to conserve land in the Hominy Valley, promote regenerative and biodynamic farming practices and to revive our sacred relationships with the wildness and vitality of the forests and fields of Appalachia. SMS lands are conserved in perpetuity by a conservation easements, stewardship covenants, and a commitment to careful and regenerative tending held by all who inhabit its fields, forests, and farmland. In 2023, Sacred Mountain Sanctuary was recognized and awarded by Buncombe County for “exemplary dedication to the preservation of the landscape in Buncombe County” and contributions to regenerative land stewardship and agriculture.
Sacred Mountain Water
Sacred Mountain Sanctuary is the fountainhead of at least 9 pristine springs that feed and nourish the waterways of the surrounding Hominy Valley, and beyond. Water is a primary, vitalizing force that supports all life on Earth, and thus, reverence for water is fundamental to human wellbeing. Our relationship with water informs and inspires all aspects of commerce in the Sanctuary- giving, receiving, and generating the resources that potentiate our efforts and allow us to continue our work in education, conservation, and regenerative stewardship practices.
3 hares Farm
Sacred Mountain Sanctuary is a repository of wild and cultivated medicinal and food botanicals. Biodynamic agriculture has been an established practice of presence to the land since the beginning of the Sacred Mountain Sanctuary impulse. Working with the indications of Rudolph Steiner, Hugo Erbe and our own durational presence to the Sanctuary’s vital forces, we’ve devoted ourselves to uplifting the vibrancy of human-land relationships through our work with soil, water, plants, animals and the numinous beings of Natura’s realm. Recognizing the importance of vibrant relationships between humankind and Natura, we engage in established and newly emergent practices that nourish both the visible and numinous realms of nature, and consequently our own vitality.
