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Release : 2010
Genre : Peace movements
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Book Rating : 436/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Rainbow Gatherings by :
Download or read book Rainbow Gatherings written by . This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Butterfly Bill's personal narrative of Rainbow Gatherings from 1987 to 2000.
Author : Michael I. Niman
Release : 1997
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 890/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis People of the Rainbow by : Michael I. Niman
Download or read book People of the Rainbow written by Michael I. Niman. This book was released on 1997. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictional re-creation of a day in the life of a Rainbow character named Sunflower begins the book, illustrating events that might typically occur at an annual North American Rainbow Gathering. Using interviews with Rainbows, content analysis of media reports, participant observation, and scrutiny of government documents relating to the group, Niman presents a complex picture of the Family and its relationship to mainstream culture - called "Babylon" by the Rainbows. Niman also looks at internal contradictions within the Family and examines members' problematic relationship with Native Americans, whose culture and spiritual beliefs they have appropriated.
Author : Chelsea Schelly
Release : 2015-12-03
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 968/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Crafting Collectivity by : Chelsea Schelly
Download or read book Crafting Collectivity written by Chelsea Schelly. This book was released on 2015-12-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every summer, thousands of people assemble to live together to celebrate the Annual Gathering of the Rainbow Family. Participants establish temporary systems of water distribution and filtration, sanitation, health care, and meals provided freely to all who gather, and they develop sharing and trading systems, recreational opportunities, and educational experiences distinct to this creative social world. The Rainbow Family has invented itself as a unique modern culture without formal organization, providing the necessities of life freely to all who attend. The Annual Gathering of the Rainbow Family has been operating for more than forty years as an experiment in liberty that demonstrates how material organization, participation, and cultural connection can reshape social relationships and transform individual lives. Grounded in sociological theory and research, the book considers what kind of culture the material systems of Babylon reinforce and how society could facilitate the kind of social world and human welfare humans desire."
Author : Katri Ratia
Release : 2023-03-17
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 389/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Alternative Spirituality, Counterculture, and European Rainbow Gatherings by : Katri Ratia
Download or read book Alternative Spirituality, Counterculture, and European Rainbow Gatherings written by Katri Ratia. This book was released on 2023-03-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the phenomenon of Rainbow Gatherings in Europe. These countercultural events form radically alternative temporary societies in the peripheries of modern states and manage themselves without centralized power, market economy or institutionalized forms of religion. The volume offers a vivid description of life in the Gatherings, analyses the main ideological tenets and places the meetings in historical and cultural context. It considers how the Rainbow Gathering tradition is rooted in networks of alternative spirituality and environmental counterculture but also reflects broader shifts in religion and religiosity.
Author : Tom Thumb
Release : 2013-02-22
Genre : Travel
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Book Rating : 700/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Somewhere Under the Rainbow by : Tom Thumb
Download or read book Somewhere Under the Rainbow written by Tom Thumb. This book was released on 2013-02-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you were to stumble across a Rainbow Gathering, you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd walked through a time warp to the 1960's. People are singing and dancing, going naked with feathers in their hair, and offering prayers to the Great Spirit. But this is the 21st century and it turns out that peace and love are still going strong.Held across the world on mountains and beaches, in forests and deserts, Rainbow Gatherings draw thousands of people to celebrate together for a cycle of the moon.. There's no electricity, alcohol, or commerce of any kind. And there's no one in charge.In Somewhere Under the Rainbow, Tom Thumb shares how he found his true colours with the Rainbow Family and how, just maybe, you could find yours, too.
