Serious Stuff The Man at 40 June 18, 2026 By Stuart Mangrum Forty years ago on the solstice, the first Burning Man event took place in San Francisco. Only a handful of people alive today remember that evening on Baker Beach, and ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Book Club – Chapter 3 – Why do bad things happen to good Burners? (SPOILER ALERT!) July 2, 2014 By Caveat Magister (We’re basing this discussion on Terry Eagleton’s “Culture and the Death of God.” Read all the book club entries, including the ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Book Club – Chapter 2 (part 2) – Group Think and Aesthetics June 19, 2014 By Caveat Magister (We’re basing this discussion on Terry Eagleton’s “Culture and the Death of God.” Read all the book club entries, including the ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Book Club – Chapter 2 – (Part 1) A Mythology Pro-Tip for Atheists June 16, 2014 By Caveat Magister (We’re basing this discussion on Terry Eagleton’s “Culture and the Death of God.” Read all the book club entries) My response ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Book Club: what the hell is a “spiritual resource,” anyway? June 9, 2014 By Caveat Magister (Read all Burning Book Club entries for this book here) Since the book club’s taking an extra week to finish ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Book Club – Chapter 1 – Turns out Money can Buy Enlightenment June 1, 2014 By Caveat Magister (We're basing this discussion on Terry Eagleton's "Culture and the Death of God." Read all the book club entries) We ...Read More
Shenanigans The Burning Man Minute for March 30, 2014 May 30, 2014 By Caveat Magister The Burning Man Minute helps you keep track of everything you (don't) need to know without paying attention! ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Book Club – preface – “Atheism isn’t as easy as it looks” May 26, 2014 By Caveat Magister Read more about Book Club and the book we're reading. According to the 2013 Blackrock City Census, 73% of Burning ...Read More
Serious Stuff A Little Heavy Reading … May 7, 2014 By Caveat Magister ANNOUNCEMENT: AT THE MIDDLE OF THIS POST, I SUGGEST STARTING A BOOK CLUB THROUGH THE BURNING BLOG. IF THAT MIGHT ...Read More
Shenanigans The Burning Man Minute for April 25, 2014 April 25, 2014 By Caveat Magister Burning Man is happening around the world, at the speed of fire, with the strength of a hundred DJs! Here ...Read More