Finding My Humanity in a Red Tea Ceremony
By Shawn Saleme
Of the many rituals that happen at Burning Man, the one that sparked my curiosity most was the one that ...Read More
Posts about Radical Ritual
The Gold Spike
“A common cause, a common activity, a common ritual — a thing we do — may be a more effective bond ...Read More
On Radical Repetition — or, Is Larry Trolling or Enlightening Everyone by Recycling Past Themes?
By Ian Rowen
You don’t need to be a Burning Man veteran to realize that Radical Ritual, the 2017 art theme, shamelessly rips ...Read More
Across This Line, Everything Will Be Different
Consider the tea ceremony. The elegance of each stylized gesture. The deliberate pace. The simple beauty of its rustic implements. ...Read More
Why Ritual is Relevant
If the crisis of Western Culture could be reduced to a bumper sticker, it might be this one: “Nietzsche Was ...Read More
Radical Ritual: Spirit and Soul
By Larry Harvey
Our art theme in 2017 is Radical Ritual. This leads to an obvious question: Just what is so radical about ...Read More
Burning Man 2017: Radical Ritual
“We are among the first peoples in human history who do not broadly inherit religious identity as a given, a ...Read More