Philosophical Center | Burning Man Journal

From the Nevada Desert to Maui and Morocco: Lessons in Community Resilience

November 17, 2023 By Kirsten Weisenburger

“I really feel that we go to Burning Man to prepare for the world. That's our one week where we get to build our resilience, build our capacity — emotional, ...Read More

Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles

The Radical Act of Inclusion — Now As Much As Ever

January 29, 2021 By Caveat Magister

People have tried to pull me into a number of discussions about whether we need to change the principle of ...Read More

Serious Stuff, The Theme

Happy Birthday, Larry

January 11, 2021 By Caveat Magister

People still ask me: “What do you think Larry’s theme would have been for Burning Man this year?” Oh, come ...Read More

Serious Stuff, Tales from the Playa, The Ten Principles

Unraveling the Connective Tissue of Storytelling at Burning Man

January 8, 2021 By Gustavo Campos

The Significance of Connecting the Burning Man Experience Through Our Stories Is there a connective tissue among the stories that ...Read More

Art Support Services in Black Rock City, 2019

Survive and Thrive, The Ten Principles

Introducing Blueprints: A New Audio Series About Hard-won Burner Knowledge

December 16, 2020 By Kirsten Weisenburger

Hosted by the inimitable Sassy VonDish, Blueprints is a new Burning Man Project oral storytelling project that documents the lessons ...Read More

The Ten Principles

BRCvr and the 10th Principle

September 16, 2020 By Diva Marisa

They built us a Thunderdome in BRCvr. We built one for one of the other Universes — and it was ...Read More

The Theme

The Case of the Missing Man — Part 9 — The Quick and the Iconographic

September 10, 2020 By Caveat Magister

Somewhere in the Multiverse someone is building the Man. Not just A Man but THE Man. Or are they?! This ...Read More

Spirituality, The Ten Principles

We Will Always Burn the Man

September 6, 2020 By Burning Man Project

On Saturday night, as we’ve done every year since 1986, we Burned the Man. A small group of people from ...Read More

The Theme

The Case of the Missing Man — Part 8 — Pyro-technicians Tell No Tales

September 4, 2020 By Caveat Magister

Somewhere in the Multiverse someone is building the Man. Not just A Man but THE Man. Or are they?! This ...Read More

Community During COVID, Spirituality

Dave X Interview: The One Common Ritual That Defines Us

September 3, 2020 By Kirsten Weisenburger

Burning Man — the event in Black Rock City and a global culture — emerged from one ritual: the gathering ...Read More