How “Awe,” “Ritual,” and “Risk” Are Psychological Necessities
We don't usually think of "Awe" as one of the essential human emotions, but licensed psychologist and American Psychological Association ...Read More
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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
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
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
Is Going to Burning Man a Hero’s Journey?
“There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had ...Read More
The Connection Between Ritual, Art, and Play
UCLA Anthropologist Dr. Megan Heller studies play — how we do it, why we do it, what impact is has — ...Read More
How Rituals Help Us Navigate the World — and Our Psyches
Ritual, Dr. Tanya Luhrmann says, is the way we connect the world as it ought to be with the world ...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