Month: June 2026

“Why raves are such a reliable source of spiritual experience”

Alexander Dillabaugh writes on the spiritual neuroscience of the rave scene: For these adherents, underground dance culture functions as a kind of spiritual technology. That is, a set of environmental and social conditions that reliably produce the kinds of experiences that humans have long called sacred. Viewed through this lens, rave culture appears less like a … Read more“Why raves are such a reliable source of spiritual experience”

“Playful Rites: Revisiting The Egypt Game”

Nyx Shadowhawk writes on the deeply playful “religion” of Zilpha Keatley Snyder’s award-winning children’s novel, The Egypt Game: Part of what’s appealing about The Egypt Game is that its characters have a fantastical secret double life, but the story doesn’t involve any actual magic. The gods don’t start actually talking to them, there’s no Egyptian … Read more“Playful Rites: Revisiting The Egypt Game”