Laevorotational Journeys in Entheoethnography: Boom 2012

Dancecult, the Journal of Electronic Music and Dance Culture published "Laevorotation at Boom 2012," one of my encounters with psychedelics and psytrance at the biennial Boom festival at Portugal's Lake Idanha-a-Nova. It appears in that journal's "From the Floor" section of the latest issue, and was recently reprinted at Reality Sandwich. It showcases a hypermedia smorgasbord, partially illustrated by some of my photographic attempts to document the experience.  

This image of the central column of Boom's 2012 Dance Temple still serves as my stalwart avatar, and the counterclockwise underpinnings of what transpired there are central to this blog's esoteric name. 

More importantly, it contains some mind-blowing imagery from a number of talented professional photographers who kindly gave me permission to include their work within the article. As the moon spins in laevorotation from its current heavy new phase to blueberry full, many of we happy few are heading to Boom's next installation, now a week away. To the tower!