Why Ritual is Relevant
If the crisis of Western Culture could be reduced to a bumper sticker, it might be this one: “Nietzsche Was ...Read More
All posts by Caveat Magister
“Decommodification” and “Cultural Appropriation” – two great conversations that go great together
Right now many Burners are having conversations about how they can discourage people attending Burning Man events from engaging in ...Read More
In Defense of “Bucket Listers”
Based on the amount of complaining I’ve heard about it recently, we really don’t like it when random people put ...Read More
Off-Topic: I Disagree With Your Festive Holiday Wishes!
This isn't about Burning Man. This is a rant about Christmas that I first posted on the Burning Blog in ...Read More
A Story About Fear
A young woman who had moved to the city and learned the art of sculpting from the last legendary survivors ...Read More
Burning Man’s New Challenge (It’s a High Culture, Bitches!)
Let me cut to the chase: I think the major challenge facing the Burning Man Project in its new era ...Read More
Burning Man Believes in Magical Places
The place most associated with Burning Man, the Black Rock Desert, is widely acknowledged in our culture to be “magical.” ...Read More
A Brief History of Who Ruined Burning Man
In 1986, at the very first Burn, a crowd of complete strangers gathered around the Man once it was lit it ...Read More
Burning Man Is an “Efficiency Third” Culture, and That’s Why You Love It
In a recent article, burner and economist Conner Smith asked “Does Burning Man work?” Smith acknowledges by the end that ...Read More
What happened to White Ocean, and why every prankster should condemn it
Okay, let’s talk about White Ocean. If you hadn’t heard: on Sept. 1, White Ocean made a Facebook post discussing ...Read More