ABSTRACT

Robin Sylvan combines colorful firsthand accounts, extensive interviews with ravers, and cutting edge scholarly analysis to paint a compelling portrait of global rave culture as an important new religious and spiritual phenomenon that also serves as a template for mapping the future evolution of new forms of religion and spirituality in the twenty-first century.

part I|15 pages

The World of Raves Introduction: Three Scenes

chapter 1|14 pages

A Brief History of the Rave Scene

part II|10 pages

The Spiritual and Religious Dimensions of Global Rave Culture

chapter |7 pages

Conclusion: Rave New World