The council ring sits at the bottom of a gentle slope. According to Jensen, "In this friendly circle, around the fire, man becomes himself. Here there is no social caste. All are on the same level, looking each other in the face. A ring speaks of strength and friendship and is one of the great symbols of mankind."*

* Siftings, page 66, 1990, The Johns Hopkins University Press. Originally published in 1939 by Ralph Fletcher Seymour, Publisher, Chicago, Illinois.