The imperative of perpetual growth implicit in interest-based money drives the relentless conversion of life, world, and spirit into money. The more of life we convert into money, the more we need money to live. Usury, not money, is the proverbial root of all evil. (more)

The selling of $1000 Burning Man tickets on eBay has shaken up the ethos of participation and radical inclusion. Despite the rhetoric and philosophy, it is no secret that some burners are more equal than others. What's new is that the most fundamental criterion of participation -- entry -- is now subject to market pressures. (more)

Burning Man is creating the conditions for interdimensional technology to manifest, which will in turn provide the tools needed to unlock the secrets of eternal life. A spore unpacks its DNA when it finds its fertile soil. Burning Man is the spore. The Rainbow Gathering is the soil.  (more)

When I ask people what is missing most from their lives, the most common answer is "community." But how can we build community when its building blocks- -- the things we do for each other -- have all been converted into money? (more)

The realization that property is theft usually incites a rage and desire for vengeance against the thieves. Matters are not so simple. The owners of wealth play a role that is created and necessitated by the great invisible stories of our civilization that compel us to turn the world into property and money whether we are aware of doing so or not. (more)

Money is woven into our minds, our perceptions, our identities. That is why, when a crisis of money strikes, it seems that the fabric of reality is unraveling, too—that the very world is falling apart. Yet this is also cause for great optimism, because money is a social construction that we have the power to change. What new kinds of perceptions, and what new kinds of collective actions, would accompany a new kind of money?  – The fourth installment from Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition. (more)

If you’re going to see and think your way clearly, you’re going to have to switch the view. If you want illumination as to true events, it’s better to plug into a thousand sources than be fed by one where the content must be skewed to suit the investments of the owners. The future of media lies in the hands of the people. (more)

Why should money be the root of all evil? After all, the purpose of money is, at its most basic, simply to facilitate exchange — in other words, to connect human gifts with human needs. What power, what monstrous perversion, has turned money into the opposite: an agent of scarcity? – The third installment from Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition. (more)

My intention is that by identifying the core features of the economics of Separation, we may be empowered to envision an economics of Reunion, an economics that restores to wholeness our fractured communities, relationships, cultures, ecosystems, and planet. – The second installment from Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition. (more)

I threw a big party where I told everyone to bring seven dollars in one-dollar bills. We stamped the bills with the word, Satisfied? On the day after Thanksgiving, we took this huge bag of money and climbed to the top of a phone booth in the biggest shopping district in NYC, took out the money in big fistfuls, and tossed it out into the crowd. (more)

Welcome to the home page for the on-line version of Sacred Economics. This is a book that explores, on a social, political, and personal level, the transition in money and economy that is upon us today. With the agreement of the publisher, EVOLVER EDITIONS/North Atlantic Books, I am making the full text available on line one chapter at a time over a period of about six months. By the end of 2011, the complete book will be on this website. The print version will be available July 12, 2011. (more)

Humanity is only beginning to awaken to the true magnitude of the crisis at hand. If the economic transformation I describe seems miraculous, that is because nothing less than a miracle is needed to heal our world. – The first installment from Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition. (more)

This story is about a world of calamitous accidents, all of which could have been avoided. They represent unnecessary loss of life and the loss of billions of dollars. In the tragedies I describe here, the mistakes and the lies belonged to the rich and powerful, and none of the perpetrators went to prison. (more)