Trance Formation Paperback Book
The Spiritual and Religious Dimensions of Global Rave Cu
Trance Formation: The Spiritual and Religious Dimensions of Global Rave Culture
Author: Robin SylvanPublisher: Taylor & Francis LtdCategory: Spirituality & Religious Experience, Eclectic & Esoteric Religions & Belief Systems, Mind, Body & SpiritBook Format: PaperbackOver the course of nearly two decades, the rave scene has evolved into much more than simply an electronic dance music party. For thousands of people around the world, it has become an important source of spirituality and the closest thing they have to a religion. Trance Formation is the first book to comprehensively explore the spiritual and religious dimensions of global rave culture.
Robin Sylvan combines colorful firsthand accounts, extensive interviews with ravers, and cutting edge scholarly analysis to paint a compelling portrait of global rave culture as an important new religious and spiritual phenomenon that also serves as a template for mapping the future evolution of new forms of religion and spirituality in the twenty-first century.
Table Of Contents
Acknowledgements Part 1: An Introduction to the World of Raves: Three Scenes 1. A Brief History of the Rave Scene 2. The Full Spectrum of Events: From Warehouse Parties and Clubs to Burning Man and the Love Parade Part 2: The Spiritual and Religious Dimensions of Global Rave Culture 3. Trance Formation: The Religious Experience of Rave 4. Techno Tribal Church: The Ritual and Ceremonial Forms of Rave 5. Transformation: Rave Worldview, Rave Spirituality and Global Rave Culture 6. Living Laboratories: Rave Communities and Networks Conclusion: Rave New World Appendix Notes Bibliography IndexAbout Robin Sylvan
Robin Sylvan, Ph.D., is the founder and director of The Sacred Center, a nonprofit educational organization in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the author of Traces of the Spirit: The Religious Dimensions of Popular Music.(BK-9780415970914)
| SKU | BK-9780415970914 |
| Barcode # | 9780415970914 |
| Brand | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Artist / Author | Robin Sylvan |
| Shipping Weight | 0.3100kg |
| Shipping Width | 0.160m |
| Shipping Height | 0.010m |
| Shipping Length | 0.230m |
| Assembled Length | 22.900m |
| Assembled Height | 1.200m |
| Assembled Width | 16.000m |
| Type | Paperback |
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