Burning Man Festival 2026 (8/30-9/7)

Esoteric Vajrayana Buddhist lamas build sand mandala with Mt. Sumeru at center (wiki)

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Not a raincoat, a fashion statement

Black Rock City 2026 rises in the Nevada desert from August 30 to September 7th, 2026. Theme: Axis Mundi.

• [Axis mundi is the "world mountain," Buddhism's Mt. Sumeru, sometimes seen as Tibet-China's Mt. Kailash in the Himalayas, a synthetic peak that is far too small to meet the requirements of the descriptions given in Buddhist cosmology, and at other times regarded as Mt. Kunlun in China, the World Tree Norse Yggdrasil, or the more sensible axial tilt.]
• Predicted weather for Burning Man 2026 (USA Today)

Will the free Orgy Dome be back this year?

The Axis Mundi celebrates our interconnectedness, our shared social realities, and our ties to this natural world. Final ticket sales for Burning Man 2026 are open now. No registration is required. Buy tickets now through Black Rock City Tickets or subscribe for fresh Black Rock City updates.

Ooh, I always wanted to try that, and what happens in the desert stays in the desert, right?

 

Black Rock City is ephemeral. Every year is beautifully unique. The massive desert city rises for just eight days then disappears without a trace (well, some trace but there is a zero-footprint ethos the festival tries to live by, even if not all participants keep to it).

• Burning Man 2026 now open in Nevada desert

Is it as wild as Woodstock '69 was?

(DoYouRemember?) Insane things that happened at Woodstock at Max's Far in Bethel, New York

The Moon Goddess descends to dance

If anyone is new to Burning Man — welcome! Explorers are embarking on a grand adventure in participatory creativity.

Read the 2026 Survival Guide and the Playa Primer for essential information to help all festivalgoers thrive. And fill out the Volunteer Matching Quiz to join a Black Rock City crew that is the best match!

Burning Man attendees build Black Rock City together. Immerse in Burning Man’s connective magic. Looking for a camp? Read the Camping Quick Guide to find camps seeking campers. These art projects are looking for others to help out.

Connect with Rising Sparks, a grassroots collective igniting next generation artists, creators, and leaders. More: burningman.org

Government hypocrisy to "green scam" profits

Could Banshees have been Burners?

(MAGAZINE) Post-punk avant garde pop Siouxie Sioux for EDM Burners?

Death toll in Bangkok bar fire reaches 33

Bangkok is the L.A. of Asia

(DW) Deaths in a dev­ast­at­ing fire at a pub in Theravada Buddhist Thai­l­and's cap­ital Bangkok have risen to 30, reports said Tues­day, cit­ing updated fig­ures from city offi­cials.

A screen grab taken from a video released on July 12, shows people fleeing a fire at the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar. Three more vic­tims suc­cumbed to their injur­ies, push­ing up the tally from the ini­tial 27 dead, local media reports said.

More than 70 people con­tinue to receive treat­ment in hos­pit­als, with 24 of them in crit­ical con­di­tion, offi­cials said.

• Bangkok, July 15: The death toll from a dev­ast­at­ing Bangkok bar fire has risen to 33, author­it­ies said on Wed­nes­day, as Thai­l­and pledged a nation­wide over­haul of enter­tain­ment venue reg­u­la­tions (Asian Standard).

Mean­while, police are prob­ing pos­sible neg­li­gence, includ­ing obstruc­ted emer­gency exits as people scrambled to flee the flames. Most killed were found trapped in win­dow­less bath­rooms.

Bangkok blaze dead­li­est in 17 years

What will the new king of Thailand say?

An explos­ive fire ripped through Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao, a pub near the pop­u­lar Chatuchak Week­end Mar­ket in north­ern Bangkok late on Sunday night.

Foot­age cir­cu­lat­ing on social media showed a power­ful inferno jet­ting out of the bar's door­way as people ran to escape. It took fire­fight­ers about half an hour to tame the fire.

The blaze is one of the dead­li­est in Thai­l­and since 2009, when a New Year's Day fire at a nightclub killed 67 people.

On Tues­day, more mourn­ers laid down flowers and hand­writ­ten notes at the site of the incid­ent as rem­nants from the bar -- includ­ing melted musical instru­ments and sooty chairs -- lay on the side­walk.

• Ed.  Zac Crel­lin, Deutsche Welle (English ed.), July 15, 2026; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

Cavemen shamans got high all day? (sutra)

When did humans start smoking cannabis?

(Ink Explainer) June 4, 2026: When did early humans start smoking weed (THC/CBD)? The answer goes back way further than most of us would expect. Our relationship with cannabis did not begin in a college dorm or a back alley. — Rather, it started over 12,000 years ago, when some of the first farmers in East Asia looked at a very useful wild plant and thought, "Let's grow this."

This video traces the full history of cannabis — from a 2,700-year-old shaman's tomb in western China to the smoke-filled burial caves of the Pamir Mountains, the golden cups of Scythian warriors, the sacred altars of ancient Judah, the bhang rituals of India, a Chinese physician's lost anesthesia formula, a Congolese tribe that traded war for hemp, and the American political machine that turned a 12,000-year-old plant into one of the most dangerous [Schedule 1] substances on Earth.

By the end, viewers might start seeing this plant a little differently. All factual research sources are linked below.

Cross faded humans/monkeys?

(Mack) When did ancient humans first drink? Drunken monkey hypothesis

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📚 RESEARCH AND SOURCES: ▸ Yanghai Tombs — "Phytochemical and genetic analyses of ancient cannabis from Central Asia" (2008, Journal of Experimental Botany) doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ern260 ▸ Jirzankal Cemetery — "The origins of cannabis smoking: Chemical residue evidence from the first millennium BCE in the Pamirs of western China" (2019, Science Advances) doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaw1391 ▸ Herodotus — The Histories, Book IV, on Scythian cannabis use (c. 440 BCE) ▸ Sergei Rudenko — Frozen Tombs of Siberia: The Pazyryk Burials of Iron Age Horsemen (1970, UC Press) ▸ Scythian Gold Cups — "Residue analysis of golden artifacts from Scythian kurgan in the Caucasus" (2015, Antiquity) ▸ Tell Arad Shrine — "Cannabis and Frankincense at the Judahite Shrine of Arad" (2020, Tel Aviv: Journal of the Institute of Archaeology) doi.org/10.1080/03344355.2020... ▸ Atharva Veda — Ancient Vedic text listing cannabis among five sacred plants ▸ Robert Dudley and Dušan Borić — Research on anandamide and the endocannabinoid system ▸ Harry Anslinger — Federal Bureau of Narcotics records, the Gore Files, and the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 ▸ John Ehrlichman — interview quote on Pres. Dick Nixon's drug policy, published in Harper's Magazine (2016) by Dan Baum: "Legalize It All" harpers.org/archive/2016/04/l... ▸ DEA Judge Francis Young — "In the Matter of Marijuana Rescheduling Petition" (1988, Docket No. 86-22)

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PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: ▸ Shen Nong — legendary Chinese emperor, traditionally credited as the author of the Pen Ts'ao Ching, one of the world's earliest medical texts, which recommended cannabis for joint pain and malaria. ▸ Herodotus — Ancient Greek historian (c. 484–425 BCE). Traveled through Central Asia and documented Scythian cannabis rituals in vivid detail. His accounts were confirmed by archeological discoveries nearly 2,400 years later. ▸ Sergei Rudenko — Soviet archeologist who in 1947 excavated frozen Scythian tombs in Siberia's Altai Mountains, confirming Herodotus's descriptions of cannabis use with perfectly preserved tent frames, heated stones, and cannabis seeds. ▸ Hua Tuo — Chinese physician (c. 140–208 AD). Mixed cannabis with wine to create an anesthetic and performed surgery during which patients felt nothing — 1,800 years before modern anesthesia, executed by warlord Cao Cao. His formula was lost when he burned his own writings in prison. ▸ Cao Cao — One of the most powerful warlords in Chinese history (155–220 AD). Had Hua Tuo arrested and executed after the physician refused to serve as his personal doctor. ▸ Harry Anslinger — head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Narcotics from 1930 to 1962. Criminalized cannabis through racist propaganda, fabricated evidence (the Gore Files), and targeted Black musicians including Billie Holiday. ▸ Billie Holiday — legendary jazz singer targeted by Anslinger, not for drug use but for performing "Strange Fruit," a protest song about American lynchings. ▸ John Ehrlichman — Pres. Nixon's domestic policy advisor, who in a 2016-published interview admitted the War on Drugs was designed to target anti-war protesters and Black communities. ▸ Francis Young — DEA administrative law judge who, after two years of reviewing evidence in 1988, concluded that cannabis should not be classified as a Schedule 1 drug alongside heroin. The DEA rejected and ignored his recommendation.

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Shamans: communication from spirit world

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Ancient cavemen and cannabis smoking

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Doctor Feelgood? Cannabis, MD

(Saturday Night Live) The Pot Doctor (Kevin Spacey, Beck, Will Ferrell)

 

"The Cave of the Body" (Guhatthaka Sutta)

Clinging to this cave heavily defiled [1]

one is stuck, bewildered, far from seclusion

from craving for the sensual pleasures [2]

of the world, which are hard to let go.

Those chained to craving

bound by the allure of becoming

find no release

for there is no liberation by others.

Intent, before and behind [3], on thirst

for sensual pleasure here or before —

full of lust for sensual pleasures,

busy, deluded, greedy, entrenched

in the wobbling way [4] they —

impelled into pain — lament:

"What will we be

when we pass away from here?"

So one ought to train here and now.

Whatever one knows as wobbling

in the world, do not, for its sake, behave,

for such life, the enlightened say, is short.

I see them in the world

floundering

men immersed in craving

for new states of becoming.

Base people moan in the mouth of death, their craving

for states of eternal becoming and annihilation [5] unallayed.

See them floundering in their sense of mine like fish in the

puddles of a dried-up stream — and, seeing this,

live with no sense of mine, not forming

attachments to states of becoming.

Subdue craving for both sides [6], 

comprehending [7] sensory contact free of greed.

Doing nothing for which one would oneself

rebuke oneself, for the enlightened person

adheres not to what is seen, to what's heard.

Comprehending perception, one crosses over the flood —

the sage unstuck from possessions.

One, with arrow removed, lives heedful,

longing for neither

this world nor the next.

ENDNOTES

1. Nd.I: Covered with defilements and unskillful mental states, characteristics, qualities.
2. "Sensual craving" and "sensual pleasures" are two possible translations of kama ("sensuality"). According to Nd.I, both meanings are intended here.
3. Nd.I: "Before" ("in front") means experienced in the past; "behind" means to-be-experienced in the future.
4. Nd.I: "Wobbling way" means the karma of the Ten Courses of Unwholesome Action. (See AN 10.176).
5. States of not-becoming = "oblivion." These are states of becoming that people can get themselves into through a desire or craving for annihilation, either after death or as a misguided goal of their spiritual striving. (See Iti 49, ucchedavada, annihilationism). As with all states of becoming, these states are impermanent (transient) and disappointing (painful).
6. According to Nd.I, "both sides" has here several possible meanings: sensory contact and the origination of sensory contact; past and future; name-and-form; internal and external sense media; self-identity (view) and the origination of self-identity. It might also mean the states of becoming and not-becoming (eternalism and annihilationism) mentioned in the previous verse and below, in Sn 4.5.
7. Nd.I: Comprehending sensory contact has three aspects: (1) being able to identify and distinguish types of sensory contact; (2) contemplating the true nature of sensory contact (e.g., impermanent/inconstant, disappointing/unable to fulfill, and impersonal/not-self); and (3) abandoning attachment to sensory contact. The same three aspects apply to comprehending perception, as mentioned in the following verse.

• See also: AN 4.184

• Dhr. Seven, Pat Macpherson, Amber Larson (eds.), Guhatthaka Sutta, based on translation and notes by Ven. Thanissaro (accesstoinsight.org, Sn 4.2 PTS: Sn 772-779), Wisdom Quarterly

Alt Music Center: Open Mic Night (5/13)

Instrumental given to LA Fire-impacted musicians? Yes, thanks to AltadenaMusicians.org. Now they are serving the Altadena, Pasadena, South Pasadena (the three Denas), Sierra Madre, and all the foothill and surrounding valley communities.

"Burning Down the House," Altadena Musicians/Quazar and the Bamboozled

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  Will the Eaton Fire destroy us?

  Open Mic Night, 7:00-9:00 pm
• Altadena Music Center (BYP)
• 1260 Lincoln Ave. #1300
• Pasadena, CA 91103
• (Sign up starts at 6:30 pm)
• FREE to attend, free to participate

Altadena Music Center | Pasadena CA | Facebook

Mission

Download on the App Store

Thank you to the amazing Brandon Jay. Introducing Instrumental Giving powered by Altadena Musicians – our registry app where musicians can list the gear they lost in the LA Fires – and donors can help to replace them through gifting or purchasing directly. Think of it like a wedding registry for musicians. (And it’s tax-deductible!) Help Help Musicians - Donate your instruments Who lost it all in the Eaton Fire | Altadena musicians by donating instruments to those who lost them in the Eaton Fire. Download the app to get started: altadenamusicians.org

Woodstock, no, 'Woodstock 1999' (film)

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Turkey threatens 'Hitler of our times' Bibi

Man in Mexico destroys wax Netanyahu statue - (Joe Rogan) Bibi Netanyahu is dead dead dead

(Dalio Secrets)

(The Young Turks) Illegal Greater "Israel" Empire wants to steal land

How Iran treats prisoners #islamicreligion

Trump caused cartel trouble in Mexico

(IWDD) Mexico's most wanted drug lord 'El Mencho': What they don't say

(Secular Talk) Mexico erupts in Narco-War as drug kingpin killed and tourists hunted | The Kyle Kulinski Show

El Mencho, 2018 Wanted Poster, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes

Mexican cartel boss killing sparks warning for U.S. tourists to shelter-in-place | FOX 10 Phoenix

(CNN) Corrupt cop turned Cartel Leader El Mencho killed, chaos erupts

Mexico EXPLODES after top cartel boss killed with US intel assistance

Dictator Trump caused this by using strongman violence over diplomacy

• El Mencho: Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes
• Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico (west coast)
• Sky News Australia: tourist towns shut down
• The Afterburn Podcast

Ball Earth Model? Flat Earth Firestarters

Be skeptical. Investigate. Use scientific method.

 

Eric Dubay Exposed or Not?

In this Firestarter radio re-upload, Sinead McCarthy covers the level or flat earth, NASA, Freemasonry, Judaism, veganism, kosher slaughter, penile circumcision, Hitler, the Holocaust hoax, "controlled opposition," who really runs this world, and why they have convinced us that we are standing on a spinning ball moving at 1,038 MPH but too weak to throw off its watery surface.

Our eyes tell us one thing, but we are force fed a version of our environment we are not allowed to so much as question. Obey. Close your eyes. Go to sleep. Be quiet! Shut up! Sit on it!

Hey, but seriously, who could possibly believe -- after being bombarded with forced Western education -- that our Earth is flat? Anyone who tries to prove it is a round, spinning ball. Try it.

What does "zetetic" mean?

200 Proofs Earth Not Spinning Ball

Zetetic: proceeding by inquiry and investigation; the zetetic method; of or related to an ancient Greek school of philosophy that espoused extreme skepticism [and testing ideas objectively].

It has come to mean believing in or based on the [reproducible evidence] that the earth is a plane and that the sun, moon, and other celestial bodies are only a few thousand [miles] above it. See dictionary.com

It's the scientific method?

Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe (Rowbotham)

Zététique (from Ancient Greek ζητητικός zētētikós, "inquisitive," "keen") is the application of the scientific method when investigating allegedly "paranormal" phenomena [1]. It can often be seen as equivalent to or somewhat different from (scientific) skepticism (French scepticisme (scientifique) and is widely used in the modern skeptical movement in France for self-identification. See en.wikipedia.org

• Flat Earth Firestarters - Eric Dubay and Sinead McCarthy
• 200 Proofs Earth is Not a Spinning Ball (by Eric Dubay)
• Zetetic scientists demanded proof, and they got it: level plane
• Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe (Illustrated) (by Samuel Birley Rowbotham)
• Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe! an Experimental Inquiry Into the True Figure of the Earth: Proving It a Plane, Without Axial or Orbital Motion; And the Only Material World in the Universe! (Parallax)
• Nuclear hoax: Nukes do not exist (Eric Dubay)

More on American Eric Dubay, living in Buddhist Thailand:

• EricDubay.com
• AtlanteanConspiracy.com
• IFERS.123.st

Why sellouts Metallica suck (hard)

(Guitar Meets Science) "What a load of s**t" Metallica's 1990s' pretentious Load/Reload sellout

Village Fall Festival, Pasadena (11/22)

Village Fall Market and Festival, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025 at 12:00 pm | Eventbrite

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WHAT HAPPENED?

Why gather? To build community.

A thousand or so people from the community and far afield gathered on the grounds of Muir High. The main stage moved to the lawn area to accommodate dancing and grooving to live music and DJ Common. The food trucks were barbequing and one maestro of the kitchen had special raw vegan offerings -- three kinds of savory pizza and plantain cinnamon rolls. The most attractive offerings among all the nonprofit stalls and kiosks was the Healing Village with yoga, breathwork, sound baths, reiki, massage, and energy healing under tents. Even visitors from Pacific Palisades enjoyed it. It was six hours of socializing and visiting a booth to go on camera to tell the tale of Altadena and the area before and after the Eaton Fire.

(Rhythms of The Village)

VILLAGE FALL FESTIVAL: The Fall Festival is back at Pasadena's Muir High School, where we’ll host the foothill community for day of healing, joy, and unity! Free. RSVP on EVENTBRITE.

• Village Fall Festival (free, Pasadena's Muir High School), Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, 12:00 PM | Meetup
• Village Fall Festival (FREE, Pasadena's Muir High), Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 12:00 PM | Meetup
• Village Fall Festival (FREE, Pasadena's Muir High), Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 12:00 PM | Meetup

Celebrating the vibrant, multicultural spirit of Altadena, let's DANCE together, EAT together, and SHOP together.

Join us for an afternoon of live music and drumming, food, art, and healing vibes as we celebrate commUnity at our traditional Village Fall Festival presented by Rhythms of the Village and LA Commons and Oh Happy Days Vegan Cafe.

• Village Fall Festival (Rhythms of The Village)
• PHOTO GALLERY from Village Spring Festival

Let's dance, eat, laugh, and sing together so our stories get heard! Explore a vibrant marketplace of art, handmade crafts, jewelry, clothing, and more with 50+ vendors, including Altadena artisans displaced by the Eaton Fire.

Live multicultural entertainment goes throughout the day on the big stage, including the Rhythms Family Band, led by the legendary Baba Onochie Chukwurah. There are also activities for children.

Healing individuals and community

Village Fall Market and Festival

Free healing workshops and sessions go on in the "Altadena Healing Village":

• yoga,
• Reiki,
• acupuncture,
• sound healing,
• massage therapy.

NEW Storytelling Booth: Altadena residents can share and record their stories. Delicious food from various cultures.

Vendors: Makers sell handcrafted or vintage items only: Apply here. Sponsorships are still available.

This magical festival and marketplace unites us. Many cultures coming together as ONE Tribe. There are children’s workshops and a magical line up of entertainment throughout the day. Tasty foods... 50+ makers of items handcrafted with love.

Some of these artisans were displaced from Altadena, crafters who create jewelry, art, wearables and more... Vendors apply here. It runs for six hours starting at noon, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025.

• Location: John Muir High School
• 1905 Lincoln Ave.
• Pasadena, CA 91103
• FREE: Nov. 22, 12:00 pm PST
• Village Fall Market & Festival
• Sat., Nov 22, 2025 at 12:00 pm

How to get there? Covered parking. Family friendly event. Why did the location change? Previous site behind the Rhythms of the Village store and Oh Happy Day Vegan Cafe came down during the Eaton Fire. Organized by Emeka Chukwurah. #arts #music #festival #multicultural #musicfestival #Altadena #familyfriendly #Pasadena

• Emeka Chukwurah, Baba Onochie Chukwurah (rhythmsofthevillage.com); Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Jen B., Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly

To save the remaining trees of Altadena

There is an organization that is currently doing something to save the remaining trees of Altadena, more than half of which were wiped out by the Eaton Fire. They are Amigos de los Rios ("Friends of the Rivers," referring to the Emerald Necklace).

(amigosdelosrios.org)

ADLR offers free watering assistance for Altadena homeowners:

In the wake of the Eaton Fires, our local trees need our help. We’re offering watering assistance for Altadena’s homeowners to protect and preserve our community canopy.

By signing up, those in need give permission for ADLR's trained team to visit a property and water its trees.

Amigos de los Rios is an Altadena-based 501c3 urban greening non-profit that has served the community since 2003.

(Amigos de los Rios) About us: The story of Amigos de los Rios

Its office was destroyed in the Eaton Fire and many of our staff have been impacted by fire damage and loss, leading to a great deal of concern about the tremendous loss of trees thoughout this Los Angeles foothill community.

It is critical to protect the remaining trees in Altadena by watering them over the hot Indian summer months to help them survive.

• DONATE TO THIS EFFORT
• SIGN UP FOR FREE SERVICES
• VOLUNTEER FOR THIS INITIATIVE

As such ADLR has started a program to help all families provide water to surviving trees. ADLR is working hard to raise grant funds for this endeavor. Support ADLR by donating to this effort or volunteering.

(NBCLA) An initiative to save the foothill trees in Altadena

Mission

If LiDAR is brought in, what's under the canopy?

Amigos de los Rios is working to create the Emerald Necklace: a natural infrastructure network of green spaces, green schools, parks, and trails throughout under-served communities in the Los Angeles Basin. ADLR is connecting the mountains to the sea, helping to provide equitable access to nature, and protecting our environment and urban communities from the threats of climate change. More

• Emerald Necklace vision plan
• Board of Directors | Amigos de los Rios
• SITEMAP | Amigos de los Rios - Emerald Necklace Group

Effort to save Altadena’s remaining trees after Eaton Fire

Highlighted by NBCLA, California Community Foundation, ABC7, and Pasadena Star News, after the devastating Eaton Fire, local groups are leading an urgent effort to save Altadena’s remaining trees. More

Creating an Emerald Necklace of parks in the Los Angeles Basin with support from California Climate Investments funding through the California Natural Resources Agency’s Urban Greening Program, Amigos de los Rios expanded the green schoolyard project at Mary Jackson. Multilingual More

• Amigos de los Rios
• DONATE TO THIS EFFORT
• 65 South Grand Ave.
• Pasadena, CA 91105
• amigosdelosrios.org/contact-us
• Greening at the Altadena Collaboratory
• Claire Robinson, amigosdelosrios.org, ADLR in LA schools | Spectrum News, In Focus; NBCLA; Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation) (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly