Robin Sylvan

Trance Formation

The Spiritual and Religious Dimensions of Global Rave Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

The first book to provide a comprehensive exploration of the spiritual and religious dimensions of global rave culture," Trance Formation "is a fascinating study of the rich spiritual subcultures which continue to flourish across the world, from Nevada, to London and Berlin. From warehouse raves and clubs, to "Burning Man" and the "Love Parade", author Robin Sylvan combines colourful firsthand interviews with cutting-edge scholarly analysis and paints a compelling portrait of global rave culture as an important new spiritual and religious phenomenon. Over the course of two decades, the rave scene has evolved into much more than just an electronic dance party. For thousands of people around the world, it has become an important source of spirituality and the closest thing they have to religion. "Trance Formation" examines: innovative forms of religious experience; ritual practice; alternative lifestyle; and spiritual community. "Trance Formation" will not only be central reading for all electronic and pop music fans, it will also prove an invaluable read for alternative culture aficionados and religious studies students.

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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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 479g
• ISBN-13: 9780415970907
• ISBN-10: 0415970903
• Artikelnr.: 22121157

Autorenporträt

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 ofthe Spirit: The Religious Dimensions of Popular Music.

Inhaltsangabe

I. 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 II. 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

Rezensionen

"Millions of people on every continent of planet Earth, regularly coming together in ecstatic trance-dance celebrations held and energized by pulsing electronic beats, are having the deepest spiritual experience of their lives. In this thoroughly fascinating study, religious scholar Robin Sylvan makes a convincing case for regarding the global rave culture as an authentic expression of a unifying spiritual vision that integrates across all languages, religions and nationalities. Reading this book, as well as going to a rave, will leave you inspired and hopeful for our sadly fractured world." -- Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., co-author of The Psychedelic Experience and author of The Unfolding Self