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Weird Worlds and Alternate Realities: A Burning Man Reflection

Darrin Drda

Burning questions filled my mind and appeared on my Facebook page after my return from Black Rock City. I had a hard time making sense of the default world and understanding why I should participate in it. Inasmuch as I was able to maintain a consistent thought, it was this: What, exactly, is the point of it all?

Incendiary Person in the Desert Carnival Realm (A Burning Man Story)

I had come to the High Desert Carnival Realm with a magical agenda: to ritualize the experience by associating the Incendiary Person with aspects of myself that I wanted to transform, aspects I linked to Thanatos, the death drive, so that the burning would parallel my intention to transcend. (more)

A Field Guide to the Playa

Evolver Intensives

Join Daniel Pinchbeck, Jill Ettinger, Baza Novic, and special guests on a journey into the practice and philosophy of Burning Man on August 18. (more)

8-8-12
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Camp at Area 51 Burning Man 2012

Want to camp with Alex and Allison Grey this year at Burning Man? Be a part of our Are 51 playa family! (more)

8-5-12
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Infusion Festivals 2012 – Burners Invade the Bible-belt!

Raymond

Inspired by the fiery intensity of Burning Man, I created Infusion Festivals 2012: A Monthly Celebration of Art, Nature, and Transformation. (more)

6-18-12
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Situation Normal, All Fucked Up: A Freakonomic Analysis of the Burning Man 2012 Ticket Fiasco

Tony V

Now that Burning Man's ill-conceived ticket lottery has ended and the dust storms of indignation have settled, I would like to offer my observations on how this ticketing system was doomed from its very inception, and suggest how it might be improved in the future. (more)

Situation Normal, All Fucked Up: A Freakonomic Analysis of the Burning Man 2012 Ticket Fiasco

Anonymous

In one small corner of the World Wide Web, a host of kindreds assembled for January 31 and February 1 to pant upon their computer screens like blockbuster fanboys awaiting news of a some superhero sequel, scouring message boards for the latest intel and awaiting email confirmations that they, yes special they, had been selected by synchronicity to camp in the desert seven months hence for a fabulous, if desiccant, week of bacchanalia, abandon, and service. Now that Burning Man's ill-conceived ticket lottery has ended and the dust storms of indignation have settled, I would like to offer my own armchair observations on how this ticketing system was doomed from its very inception, and offer a forum for how it might be improved in the future. (more)

2-2-12
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The Planets on the Playa: An Astrological Guide to Burning Man

Darrin Drda and Annabelle Niebel Drda

Over the course of five days, eight astrologers gave over 150 readings. Having honed the "archetypal eye," we began to experience and process Burning Man in terms of the ten planetary archetypes. (more)

I Am … We Are … It Is

Burning Man is this wild party on the one hand, and the most public-spirited city in America on the other. The essential cause of this is the giving of gifts. A gift economy is founded on principles that are diametrically opposed to those that dominate our consumer culture. (more)

Lotus in a Sea of Fire: Burning Buddhist Questions

Darrin Drda

While reflecting on Buddhism and Burning Man, I learned of a wildfire encroaching on a meditation retreat. It's an analogy for our crisis. As temperatures rise and natural systems decline, can people of conscience (and privilege) afford to spend so much money and time playing on the playa? (more)

Has Burning Man Reached Its Limits?

Mark Heley

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)

A Manifesto at the Burner Apocalypse

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)

Self As City, City As Self

Michael Garfield

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This year at Burning Man's Entheon Village, I gave a talk on how evolutionary biology, developmental psychology, philosophy, architecture, and art challenge our constructed categories of "individual" and "collective," pointing us toward a new understanding of the self as a multitude and our communities as living, sentient beings. (more)

Self As City, City As Self

Michael Garfield

self as city, city as self album cover small.jpg

This year at Burning Man's Entheon Village, I gave a talk on how evolutionary biology, developmental psychology, philosophy, architecture, and art challenge our constructed categories of "individual" and "collective," pointing us toward a new understanding of the self as a multitude and our communities as living, sentient beings. (Transcript of the talk with links to audio and video...)

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10-1-10
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Confessions of a Counterculture

Tony V

What if Mayan calendars and galactic cycles, aliens and dimethyltryptamine, and the presumptive science of rapture don't herald mass enlightennment? What if that beautiful giant cloud over Burning Man is really just a cloud? Have we hyped ourselves for a letdown? (more)