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The History of Music Festivals

What is a music festival? Type in Music Festival in Wikipedia and you get this definition, “A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme…

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Why Humans Need Festivals

Since the beginning of our evolution, our species has instinctively gathered into groups and villages. There is something in the human psyche that craves…

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What’s all this Spirituality stuff about, and can I do it too …?

An open letter to the straight-laced person who is on the verge of becoming a free-loving, hippie convert … You may have noticed a slight…

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What is Psytrance?

A History of Psychedelic Trance.Trance is defined as an elevated state of consciousness induced by meditation or by the stimulation of our senses.“Well the…

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Music Festivals: More than just ‘sex, drugs, and rock and roll’

Summer music festivals of any description: transformational, mainstream, camping or non camping, electronic or mixed genre, all offer the chance to hear live music,…

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Ethical Fashion- Why We Need It

A $2.5 trillion industry, fashion is the 2nd largest user of water and 2nd highest polluter, contributing 10% of carbon emissions. Globally, one in six people…

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6 lessons about Intimacy that you can learn by going to a Transformational Music Festival

Have you ever experienced a meditation in which you gazed into a stranger’s eyes for ten minutes? Initially you may feel awkward, try to…

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5 Tips for Shopping Ethically This Festival Season

Excerpt from Haulternatives by Fashion RevolutionDespite its huge role in our everyday lives, the fashion industry is the second largest polluter in the world.…

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