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Alive Stage powered by the Sun!

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By Travis Mock Facilitated by Traverse Excitement and magic is plentiful at Live Oak Campground during build week in the Lucidity Universe. We have been blessed with gorgeous sunshine and perfect weather these past few days. And it’s looking like it will last through the weekend! Our crews are full of life and bubbling with energy, tirelessly creating this amazing experience for everyone to share. The amount of fun and…Read More

Council for Peace: Uniting the People

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By Jah Questafari Ancient Prophecy speaks of a Tribe of all colors. The Rainbow Warriors of Native and non-Native origin will come together in service to Mother Earth and bring Peace to the planet by remembering our agreement to Great Spirit. As we look around the world today we can see that the idea of “PEACE” can seem like a pipe dream, as war ravages the Earth, people are starving,…Read More

Embracing the Red Queen: Renewing the Weave of Sisterhood

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By Lasara Firefox Allen Throughout recorded history women have been striving for equality. We have not yet achieved it. Often our focus is turned out, and we present as a unified force pointing out the ills of the patriarchy and the dominant culture – rape culture, war, unequal pay, lack of access to healthcare – and the blindness of male privilege. This is important work. And, there is other work…Read More

Wising up to our Water Use - here and now!

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By Rob Grant Many of you need no reminder that the State of California is experiencing the worst drought and driest winter in its 163-year history. Three successive seasons of well-below average rainfall coinciding with minimal, and only very recent changes in consumption have left us in a critical situation. Santa Barbara is 10 inches behind its seasonal rainfall average. The signs of this dire situation will be abundant as…Read More

Know Before you Go - For All Lucid Dreamers

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From the desk of our beloved Admin Team: Dearest Family, As we embark on our respective journeys towards the momentary center of the Universe that is Lucidity Festival 2014, we invite you to look deep into your practices and how your choices will influence the beautiful sacred land upon which our festival will take place. We encourage you to be prepared for all aspects of your journey, and we will…Read More

Seven Star Families alight our Universe

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Where in the Universe do you come from? Learn your intergalactic lineage with Lucidity’s Star Family field guide and prepare for a cosmic journey. We’re happy to introduce seven new members to the Lucidity Mythos pantheon. Take a moment to meet these Star Families, paying special attention to the family corresponding with your village, and be ready to run into them at the festival in April! Many thanks to our beloved…Read More

Lucidity’s Got SOL (Sustainable, Organic, Local)

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When it comes to walking the talk on matters of sustainability, there is none other than food activist Alison Hensley. As Lucidity’s Sustainability Sphere coordinator and co-founder of SOL (sustainable, organic, and local) Food Festival she is constantly advocating, educating and empowering all of us to become more conscious consumers and community members. The following is an interview by Roxanne Abell, staff Publicist for Lucidity Festival 2014. Rx: What is the…Read More

The Experience of Seva

The Experience of Seva

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Introduction by Nicky Lafleur Reflection by Persepsion Volunteers form the lifeblood of festival organization. From highly specialized tasks like electrical engineering and first aid response to the vitally important skills of welcoming guests at ticketing and assisting build crews, festivals could not happen without the hundreds of people dedicating their time and talents to a collective vision and experience. Lucidity Festival relied on 398 volunteers in 2013, each committing 16…Read More

Sacred Commerce and the Marriage of Money and Love

Sacred Commerce and the Marriage of Money and Love

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By Barbara Wilder & Samavesha Gayatri Devi We are on a trajectory into a new era of life on planet Earth. We are in the process of making a quantum leap in consciousness that will reunite what seem to be separate opposing ideas and behavioral patterns to create a luscious new coherence. This is an accelerated alchemical process that is happening in both our feminine DNA and our masculine RNA. Though…Read More

Leave it Better Poetics

Leave it Better Poetics

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Channeled by Jah Questafari Leave It Better An upgrade from leave no trace Where we all pitch in to MOOP And get rid of “Matter Out Of Place” Creating Sacred Space On Sacred Chumash land Uniting as a collective Here is the plan As we build this ‘Universe’ And come together We are awake and aware Of our Lucid endeavor To honor our relations The ground, plants, and tree’s To…Read More

Lucid Lineup Linguistics Letter From Universe

Lucid Lineup Linguistics Letter From Universe

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Channeled by Jah Questafari LOVE AND LIGHT DEAR BELOVEDS, Welcome to Lucidity Universe where THE RAINBOW GIRLS, THE COFFIS BROTHERS AND THE MOUNTAIN MEN WITNESS the GRIDWORK of THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE. Where STYLUST BEATS are the CORNERSTONE of this LUVAMP PROJECT, which may seem QUIXOTIC, but is actually not 2NUTZ. The ORIGIN of this GYPZY SUITE started off a little HAYWYRE in 2012 as CONVEX CUMULUS rain clouds formed and…Read More

Jaguar Origin - Awakening the Heroine's Journey

Jaguar Origin - Awakening the Heroine’s Journey

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From individuation to collective experience, we learn, we grow together. Like children we first learn by stumbling and having to stand up again. Our animal spirits serve as guides, reminding us to connect to our souls and trust the process. Alexandra Coffin, serving this year as Art coordinator in Lucidity Festival’s Goddess Grove, invites us to follow her on the path of the Jaguar. YEAR ONE. She comes to me as…Read More

"This letter to you is a prayer...." by Shine Rilling

“This letter to you is a prayer….” by Shine Rilling

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Sometimes a piece of writing comes our way that we love so much, we just have to share it with you. This was written by Shine Rilling, as part of an invitaion to a Peace Sticks retreat. Shine has facilitated World Peace ceremonies in all the villages at Lucidity festival, and more recently at the Arlington event. We’re looking forward to welcoming him and his crew again in April 2014….Read More

Transforming a Historical Theater into a Lucid Playground

Transforming a Historical Theater into a Lucid Playground

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By Rob Grant, LucidiBlog Contributor. It’s hard to believe a little over a month has passed since Rising Vibes for the Universe transformed the stately Arlington Theater into a beacon of emergent culture in Downtown Santa Barbara. The expansive evening co-created by everyone who contributed to its magnificence lives front and center in our consciousness, thanks in no small part to the efforts of the aesthetic collaborators who probably left…Read More

Inhabiting the Village: The Personal Path to Global Transformation by Jamaica Stevens

Inhabiting the Village: The Personal Path to Global Transformation by Jamaica Stevens

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There is such simple and impactful connotations in this quote by Goethe. I would add, “and if we swept in front of our neighbors door, if we offered our SEVA (service), together we’d get the work accomplished much faster!” Our species stands at a collective crossroads, with the implications of our past arriving to impact the potential of our future. One thing we must fully acknowledge is the irrepressible truth…Read More

Lucent Dossier at the Emmy's.... and at the Arlington!

Lucent Dossier at the Emmy’s…. and at the Arlington!

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By Lucidity Communications Intern Rob Grant The Lucent Dossier Experience may not be a household name, but the headliner for RISING VIBES FOR THE UNIVERSE at the Arlington Theater on Friday October 4 occupies a more-rarified creative space: the entertainers’ entertainers. The Lucent Dossier Experience showed this most recently at the 65th Annual Emmy Awards Governor’s Ball, where they performed for the 3,800 guests at the country’s largest sit-down dinner…Read More

Mindful Feeding Maven Speaks

Mindful Feeding Maven Speaks

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By Melissa Ilana Cohen, Lucidity Mindful Feeding Maven Mindful Feeding is an act of eating that creates a feeling of deep gratitude that comes from appreciating and experiencing food in ways that transcend simple consumption. Mindful Feeding at Lucidity is an extension of a food philosophy so deeply rooted in our human history that it’s hard to qualify. At this particular point in my food journey, I feel strongly that the…Read More

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