Tagged with Festivals

Myth, Ritual, and Revelry: A Talk with Damian Lazarus

Damian Lazarus, head of the influential Crosstown Rebels record label, is transforming the clichéd image of house music. In this interview, Lazarus talks about Burning Man and Day Zero, his upcoming 24-hour dance party synchronized to the end of the Mayan Calendar. (more)

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Global Tribe - by Graham St John - Now Published

Graham St John

I'm on one of the most expansive and impressive outdoor dance floors on the planet. An eight-day event, Boom is the premiere production in world psychedelic trance (psytrance) and visionary arts culture, with its Temple attracting near 25,000 people holding passports from approximately seventy countries. (more)

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Cosmic Threshold: Eclipse2012 Festival

Graham St John

A total solar eclipse is expected near Cairns, Far North Queensland, on 14th November 2012. A week long festival will be held to celebrate the cosmic event. 8-10,000 people from Australia and overseas will attend the Eclipse2012 Music, Arts & Healing Festival along with an impressive global lineup of sonic and visual artists as well as guest speakers and workshops. (more)

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Autumn Ascension: Uranus-Pluto PT. 2 + Equinox Activations

VerDarLuz

The first few exact alignments may be a little more rough and tumble than the later alignments as we brace ourselves through the shifts. We must purge our extra weight, which includes unleashing unconscious control issues, challenging us to reinvent ourselves as we destroy the old patterns and move beyond our previous limits. (more)

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Understanding Entheos: Spirituality in the Wake of Trauma

Stephen Hershey

At the 6th Annual Entheos Summer Solstice Festival in Vancouver, Bradley Ross was found murdered in his tent. The tragedy was discovered on the final day of a gathering that marked the countdown to the "2012 shift." In this interview, Reality Sandwich contributor and Entheos organizer Sobey Wing discusses the event. (more)

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Where the Wild Things (Still) Are

James Scott Linville

With the Spanish banks creaking, and Greece eyeing the Eurozone exit, the Eurocrat vision of a rational paradise is in some doubt. Meanwhile, ancient pagan festivals go on. This is no New Age revival -- from France to Finland, from Sardinia to Slovenia, the "hirsute and horny" happenings were there all along. (more)

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Dancing in the Cosmic Sweet Spot: Total Solar Eclipse Gatherings

Graham St John

The union of the Sun and the Moon is recurrent in philosophies and myths world-wide. Realms of consciousness hidden to us in our daily lives are perfectly represented by the corona of the Sun in union with the Moon. A total solar eclipse signifies an alchemical exchange of phases of consciousness, a peak psychocultural experience, while a whole new social event has come into being as a highly specialised traveller phenomenon. (more)

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Ganesh Chaturthi: Recovering the Ecological Roots of an Ancient Festival

Thomas Crowley

Ganesh Chaturthi is one of the biggest religious festivals in Maharashtra. This ten-day festival to celebrate the birthday of the much-beloved elephant-headed god is a fascinating combination of piety and partying, consecration and consumerism. (more)

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Tribal Revival

Erik Davis

Every summer, tens of thousands of participants descend upon dozens of festivals and gatherings, great and small, that occur on the West Coast of North America: Shambhala, Oracle, Moontribe, Lightning in a Bottle. The first thing you learn about the festival is: to get there, you must leave here. You must cross a threshold. (more)

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Soulstice Evolver Salon: June 21st

Salma

SOULSTICE: An Evolver Salon
Celebrate the sunniest day of the year with a jubilant night of music, ideas, art, and alchemy, hosted by Reality Sandwich and Jivamukti Yoga School. Featuring eleven workshops from diverse groups across the city, music, and a paradigm-shifting panel discussion. (more)

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