Posts about Spirituality

Rites, rituals and community — the spiritual experience of Burning Man.

Remembering Captain Jim

December 13, 2011 By John "Halcyon" Styn

Long time Burner, Captain Jim Peterson of Tuna Guys passed away on December 12th when his fishing boat capsized. ...Read More

September 8, 2011 By Caveat Magister

The playa was rough and even with my flashlight it was too dark to see the bumps in front of ...Read More

August 11, 2011 By Jess Hobbs

Really? At Burning Man, is this even possible? A group of artists building Otic Oasis seem to think so. Our ...Read More

July 22, 2011 By Moze

I’ve always liked the Burma Shave sign that reads something along the lines of, “It isn’t that Burning Man is ...Read More

July 8, 2011 By Reverend Billy Talen

To The Burning Faithful - Senior officials in the Earthalujah church have informed me that my god-reaching pompadour collapsed midway ...Read More

July 7, 2011 By Caveat Magister

Of all the dehumanizing aspects of modern life, the drive for efficiency-over-everything is the most insidious because it punishes us ...Read More

June 30, 2011 By Jon Mitchell

We've never met. Not in person, anyway. Well, not in the flesh, I mean. I find it hard to define ...Read More

June 29, 2011 By Caveat Magister

Everything that expands our humanity - and our capacity to be human - is packaged, processed, and filed away, often ...Read More

June 22, 2011 By Reverend Billy Talen

Is consumerism, is consumption, is consuming too much killing us right now? ...Read More