Veterans Find Healing in Festival, EDM Culture

Now a retired marine, Kirstie Ennis was injured in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Creating and listening to EDM has been essential to lifting her spirits.

Laevorotation at Boom 2012

Time dissolves during the weeklong gathering of Boom 2012 in the steppes near the Portuguese-Spanish border.

Gratifly Festival : Hosting an Evolution in Transformational Festivals

Something truly special happens when we join together in these powerful containers, share sacred space and our gifts, and bring our hearts close to the Earth with intention, love, celebration and togetherness.

Letter of Allegiance between Gratifly and Farm Fest for the Growth of Transformational Culture

There is a shift occurring in the music and arts culture of the Eastern United States. Incredible visionaries and inspired innovators are rising from every region. Farm Fest in New Jersey and Gratifly in South Carolina are two such celebrations.

Is raving a religious experience? (Interview with Graham St John by Jules Evans)

Graham St John has perhaps one of the best jobs in academia. For the last decade, he’s worked as an academic sociologist studying trance music all around the world, from the ‘doofs’ of Australia to the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert…..

Envision Festival 2014 Review

I felt an anticipation of magic, an expansion in my heart space as I prepared to be reunited with so many beloved souls.

Researching the Burning Man Diaspora

After my first encounter with Burning Man in 2003, I grew enthused by its global reach over the subsequent decade. …. That enthusiasm has led to a research project on the Burning Man movement in Europe (survey of EuroBurners open until March 7 2014).

A Report from a Project Nuevo Mundo Econaut

Earth Odyssey is a bus tour of Project Nueva Mundo that brings together “econauts” to do a journey through South America. During their voyage they work on sustainability projects in various communities and participate in festivals.

Gratifly: Planting the Seed for Transformation in 2014.

It is an amazing time to be a visionary creative person. One day in the not too distant future there will be large cultural attractions bringing participants from all over the world. Gratifly is one such attraction.

Boom Festival 2012 Film – The Alchemy Of Spirit (Part I of II)

Set during Boom Festival 2012 the documentary THE ALCHEMY OF SPIRIT tells the story of thousands of people from across the world, that come together every 2 years in the August full moon.