How to Invite Sacred Moments
We don’t usually think of rituals as dangerous, but Crimson Rose literally dances with fire. Her ritual practice has clear ...Read More
Posts about The Theme
Posts exploring the art theme for the event in Black Rock City.
Coyote Nose: Two Strikes and the Golden Spike
This year will be the 20th Black Rock City that I have etched into the desert, but it will be ...Read More
Fire and Ritual — Guidelines for Building and Burning Your Own Man
By DaveX
A ritual is speaking words, using gestures, performing actions or using traditional objects in a set sequence. This sequence is ...Read More
Rituals of Stress, Gratitude for Flush Toilets, and Roman Philosophy
When was the last time you were grateful for running water? For your refrigerator? For any number of modern conveniences? ...Read More
(Re)Discovering Ritual’s Role in Medicine
The term “healing ritual” often gets thrown around in ways that suggest it would be better if it were thrown ...Read More
Participate in Radical Ritual
By Larry Harvey
The Temple of the Golden Spike “Consider the Golden Spike. Each year, the re-creation of Black Rock City from ...Read More
All Ritual Is Radical
By Jon Mitchell
There’s something about the desert. This is not a new revelation; human civilizations have been telling the same stories of ...Read More
What We Can Learn About the Soul by Talking About the Body — Reading “Materialism”
Sometimes I think that Terry Eagleton is a Don Quixote figure, on a quest that has taken him out into ...Read More
Ritual Principles of Milk + Honey, Purveyors of Radical Shabbat Since 2008
By Alessandra Wollner and H. Connor Moss When Burning Man’s 2017 theme became public, a collective YAAAAAAAAAY! rang through the ...Read More