Festival Fire

Interview with Jason Cohen, founder of Unifier Festival

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.jason bio shot from illuminationUnifier Festival is coming up soon, in Western Mass. Its a deeper, more intentional gathering than most and one you won’t want to miss. Founder Jason Cohen has an exciting story to tell, and one you will want to be part of…I spoke with him on May 22, 2016. [Read full coverage & photos of the festival here]

Saphir – Hi Jason, tell me a little about your own history, that led you to establish Unifier.

Jason – Well, I’m a musician foremost and I was always fascinated with improvisational music that gave me the ability to check out of my head and go into a flowing trance state on the piano. That’s where I started to find my unique voice as a musician. Then I began to have a romantic connection to the accordion before I ever played it. Something about being able to play outdoors, I was a little envious of guitar players that could play around fires or out in the woods and eventually I picked up an accordion and started playing trance music. [Read more…]

An Interview with Tulku, founder of Enchanted Forest Gathering

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Tulku D'Etat, photo by Alyssa Keyes
Tulku D’Etat, photo by Alyssa Keyes

We all love a good festival: The spirit of community, freedom of expression and the juiciness of endless dancing to incredible music. There is something that happens to us at festivals that leaves a deep imprint within us. We experience a sense of openness, connectivity and community that we may not have tapped into before and that we yearn to experience again, each time festival season comes around.

Journalist and videographer at Festival Fire, Vaidehi Amair sat down to chat with Tulku D’Etat, Enchanted Forest Gathering’s producer and founder… to talk about how this very magic happens at his event. Although they talked about many topics, it all boiled down to this: Community is the magic that takes place at Enchanted Forest and it is the people who make it what it is.
by Vaidehi Amair

THE INSPIRATIONAL SEED

Vaidehi:  What events took place in your life that led you to start a freakin festival?

Tulku: I can remember the very moment that I decided to produce festivals. [Read more…]

Reinhabiting the Village: Interview Series 3 of 7

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‘Beyond the Festival‘
Interview with Jamaica Stevens (3 of 7)

Our pace is quickening! Can you feel it? As we celebrate passing the $6000 milestone, we tune into the vision shared by Jamaica in this part 3 of 7 interview series about what comes after the festival. Also, how can we leverage the energy, the time, the labor, and the resources that are currently arriving in the service to festivals to be in service of the village, of a legacy for our children’s future? Really good questions that we are actively working on!

Want to hear more? We will share the next update when we pass the $7000 mark. Hopefully, that will be as soon as tomorrow!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/778666929/reinhabiting-the-village-co-creating-our-future

Reinhabiting the Village: Interview Series 2 of 7

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‘Our Turn at the Steering Wheel‘
Interview with Jamaica Stevens (2 of 7)

We are doing a little happy dance this morning, in celebration of three things. 1. We honor and thank our 100th backer, a big shout out to Collin Murphy! 2. We just went over the $5,000 mark, WOOT… WE ARE DOING IT! and 3. It’s Our Turn Behind the Wheel… that’s right. The generation of movers and shakers who are coming together around this project are standing up and claiming their full creative potential, not letting old stories or wounds be obstacles to our dreams. We are calling out to all others who are ready to stand with us! Look out world, here we come!

Part 3 of this interview series with Jamaica Stevens will be released when we reach the $6000 mark, so help us get there and you’ll hear from her sooner 🙂

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/778666929/reinhabiting-the-village-co-creating-our-future

Reinhabiting the Village: Interview Series 1 of 7

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‘Belonging to a People and a Place‘
Interview with Jamaica Stevens (1 of 7)

A big and hearty THANK YOU! In celebration of reaching the $4,000 mark, we are happy to share this first part of an interview with ReInhabiting the Village visionary, Jamaica Stevens. This video will help you to understand the central mission, and deepest inspiration, of the project — offering the remembrance of Belonging to a People and a Place. We believe this simple and profound intention is a great antidote to the separation and disenchantment that many experience in these interesting times we are living in. We trust that those of you who have backed this project have done so because you feel the deep importance of this message. Stay tuned, as we will continue to release 6 more sessions of this interview as the campaign continues. Much gratitude and love for your continued support.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/778666929/reinhabiting-the-village-co-creating-our-future

The Goddess in Her Glory!

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Jamaica Stevens, Tribal Convergence NetworkDo you remember our month of Mystic Mens Magick, featuring the amazing guys who make our culture wonderful? As promised….October is our month to give thanks and appreciation to the amazing women who lead our culture to new heights of caring, collaboration, creativity and sheer greatness! The Goddess in Her Glory gallery will be posted on our Facebook page…So start thinking about who to nominate and what you want to say to honor them as influencial Goddesses who are making a difference, in their actions, or in their very presence…..

We simply MUST begin with Jamaica Stevens. This amazing woman is the single most influencial person [Read more…]

Interview with Jonah Haas

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Jonah Haas, the great listener….photo by Spencer Weiner

[Things have progressed since this interview – the Lucidity Narrative is now 12 years long and more exciting than ever. Check it out HERE.]

Lucidity Festival is doing something no one has done yet. They are crafting a living story, an evolution, a Mythos, scripted by the people. It is a six year story – based on 3 years of growing the individual followed by three years [Read more…]

Elliot Rasenick, founder of Beloved Sacred Art & Music Festival

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Elliot Rasenick, founder Beloved Festival
ADDING to our Gallery of Great Men in our Tribe….Elliot Rasenick, founder of Beloved Sacred Art & Music Festival, just look at that smile!!!

Elliot has done more for this community than he knows, very few have looked to see it, because its so invisible – but its a HUGE contribution. Let me try to articulate….By naming his festival “Beloved”, he created a meme in everyone’s [Read more…]