Posts about Spirituality

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

Initiations and Salutations

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

June 15, 2011 By Jon Mitchell

How do you know when you're grown up? ...Read More

June 7, 2011 By Caveat Magister

This may be out of left field, but that’s where I live: If Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-easy laugh) had gone ...Read More

June 1, 2011 By Jon Mitchell

We can follow for a while, but, eventually, we have to will ourselves to step up and lead. ...Read More