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Fire and Ritual — Guidelines for Building and Burning Your Own Man

July 19, 2017 By DaveX

A ritual is speaking words, using gestures, performing actions or using traditional objects in a set sequence. This sequence is ...Read More

July 19, 2017 By AngelBe a.k.a. Pamela Biery

What’s still there in Black Rock City on Sunday night to light your Exodus? For the past five years or so, ...Read More

July 18, 2017 By Brody Scotland

When was the last time you were grateful for running water? For your refrigerator? For any number of modern conveniences? ...Read More

July 18, 2017 By Caveat Magister

Not long ago I overheard a discussion between two OG Burners about leadership. Leadership at Burning Man, one said to ...Read More

July 18, 2017 By Jon Mitchell

We might like to dream about Black Rock City existing all alone on some moon of Jupiter or something, but ...Read More

July 17, 2017 By Maria Gotay

Camp Walter shows up big at Burning Man, painting the playa fuschia with their Pink Party and covering ground with ...Read More

July 17, 2017 By John "Halcyon" Styn

Immediately following the San Diego Pride Parade, there is a two-day Pride Music Festival in Balboa Park. Multiple stages filled ...Read More

July 16, 2017 By Drink Water!

BoomshackalackaBoom! ...Read More

July 13, 2017 By Maria Gotay

Day three of the Burn. It’s Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday, depending on when you finally pulled that old ’97 ...Read More

July 12, 2017 By Caveat Magister

The term “healing ritual” often gets thrown around in ways that suggest it would be better if it were thrown ...Read More