Once again The Lamplighters put their robes on to take part in the Luminferous Procession. This ceremony takes place at the end of the week before The Man is burned. During the whole week of the event a flame burns in a cauldron in center camp. This One Flame is brought by the Lamplighters in the Luminferous Lantern to the Great Circle where hundreds of fire performers, known collectively as The Fire Conclave, use that flame to light their performance. Not many people get to take part in this procession and it is quite cool. A large group of musicians and performers also take part and it ends up being quite the experience. Here are a few photographs made during the procession.
The tradition seems to be that before you get in to Black Rock City, the home of the Burning Man event, you have someone greet you and welcome you home and if you want one you get a hug. It is amazing how much fun it is to go back ‘home’. Home where some great friends are and where the environment is so familiar yet still strange. Seeing familiar faces and new ones, seeing familiar sights and new ones. It never really stops being cool. Here are some images that I feel give an idea of what its like to be back ‘home’ a bit past Gerlach Nevada in the Black Rock Desert.
With the majority of 2007 in the past the look toward 2008 has begun. The coming year of work and academics for the world will likely go by largely uneventfully. Anticipation of events like the United States 2008 Presidential Election and Burning Man 2008 follow my education as interesting events that will be coming up next year.