

Playing A Bigger Game: The Way to A New Paradise
"AS ABOVE, SO BELOW" It strikes me of late how things that are happening on one level of reality tend to be happening on all levels. "As above, so below," it's said. The physical, the mental, the emotional, the spiritual, the societal, the planetary, the universal...and on and on... In the end, it's all one... A BIGGER GAME As my late 20s came to a close this past January, I took a moment to reflect on my memories and to find gratitude for the gifts I'd been given over the pa


King Benjamin's Virgin Burner Blog: Burning Man Main Sale Registration Ends Tomorrow!!!
As I wrote in my previous blog about ticketing, pre-registration is an essential part of being able to purchase tickets for Burning Man, and the deadline to do so is tomorrow! Here's what I wrote in that post about pre-registering: "PRE-REGISTRATION ***SUPER IMPORTANT*** In order to get tickets, you must pre-register/create a Burner Profile (online profile for Burning Man), between March 22-24th. You can pre-register here. Create a profile by pressing "sign up" in the upper r


International Women's Day: A Challenge to Men To Show Up for the Fight For Gender Equality
International Women's Day is this Wednesday, and so, I want to use this week's post to acknowledge two important things: First, I want to acknowledge that my life has been and continues to be greatly inspired and bettered by incredible women. (Three generations of women in my family and me...dressed as Vikings...in Dublin...) Powerful women have been a constant for me since birth. My family is composed of a legion of strong, smart, capable, badass women. Most of my best frien


King Benjamin's Virgin Burner Blog: Ticketing! How & When To Buy Burning Man Tickets!
(My tickets from my last 4 years) Alright gang, it's time for us to get down to a little business! We are getting close to the ticket purchasing period, so I want to break down how the whole shabang works! Tickets for Burning Man are sold in periodic increments. The first two increments, the "pre-sale" and the "directed group sales" have passed, so I'm leaving them out of this (next year I'll add a write-up for these sales.) I'll instead focus on what is called the-- ***MAIN


King Benjamin's Virgin Burner Blog: Why I Love Burning Man & Want to Help You Get There
Welcome to King Benjamin's Virgin Burner Blog! I am King Benjamin (that's my Playa name, we'll get to that later) and for some serendipitous reason, the Universe has connected you to me so I can assist you in your preparations for your first Burn! (Pictured above: me, King Benjamin---BTW, King Benjamin, The Capricorn King of the Infinite Light is my full royal title.) Who is this blog for? I am writing this blog for anyone who desires to go to Burning Man for the first time (