Burning Man Festival: Evil Rituals

Burning Man's 2007 theme, "Green Man", received criticism for the artwork Crude Awakening, a 99-foot oil derrick that consumed 900 gallons of jet fuel and 2,000 gallons of liquid propane to blast a mushroom cloud 300 feet high into the sky

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Because that's obviously not a poignant commentary on our use of fossil fuels.

It's obviously a giant Hail Satan. They called it 'Crude Awakening' because they obviously did it all to try and wake the devil.

And I bet you'll assemble your cabal of armchair monks and march on down there to protest right?

What, exactly, do you intend to do besides rant in a thread about it with your fellows?

Jesus Christ, family sitcoms reference Burning Man these days.

What hermitage suddenly got dial-up?

I know there are some really committed burners out there that are into the Spirit of whatever it once was.

that being said, I went in 2012 and was very disappointed. It is such a waste of resources, plus the shear number of old rich men plying young girls with free liquor just for the hope of getting laid was annoying.

Seems to me it has simply become a huge party that has lost its soul.

Someone said "Everyone needs a little insanity sometimes" and while I get the sentiment, I felt as though the place was full of Squares desperate for escapism. What I find most sorrowful about that is why cannot some people live in Truth Always. The fact that some people feel so repressed that they cannot live in truth all the time is what is Killing our society now.

Again, I know there was more to it at one time, now its just a big drug/liquor infused party for the sake of partying. And we can do better.

And the Burning of all that wood? Fuck, what could be built and last permanently instead of just destroying for the sake of destruction?

[link to www.burningman.com]

Artwork and description for this years theme.

"Have the nature of a dervish: then wear a stylish cap."
—Proverb of the Caravan of Dreams


(snippet from article)

Our desert inn will also be a scene of luxury and cultivated ease. An apron of fine carpets will spread out beneath the shade of portals that surround a courtyard. Here travel-wearied pilgrims may relax, inventing pastimes as they watch the whirling world go by. Workers of great wonders will be welcome here; fakirs, dancers, sadhus, seers and potentates will throng through this performance space, like figures that adorn the fabric of a silk brocade. Finger cymbals, chimes, and music of acoustic instruments will fill the air. By night, bathed in the lambent glow of lanterns gently swaying overhead, fire spinners will perform around the Burning Man. This year's Man will rise directly from the desert floor and tower many stories high. Its massive torso will evoke a tiered pagoda; its ornate head will be a lamp that welcomes people home.



There could nearly be a thread done PER theme of their "rituals", not to mention the attendees, art, and many other elements of this.