History of the hippie movement and the Holding Company, Merl Saunders and Babatunde Olatunji to speakers such as Timothy Leary, Terence McKenna, Paul Krassner, Stephen Gaskin, Robert Anton Wilson, Harvey Wasserman and Ralph Metzner. The Burning Man festival began in 1986 at a San Francisco beach party. Now an annual gathering, the event is held in the Black Rock Desert northeast of Reno, Nevada. Though few participants would accept the "hippie" label, Burning Man is a contemporary expression of alternative community in the same spirit as early hippie events. The gathering becomes a temporary city (36,500 occupants in 2005), with elaborate encampments, displays and many
Money burning which Aristippus had when he did so." Since around 2015 the UK has experienced a surge of interest in money burning. This has been noted in both the book 'The Mysterium' and in a 'Kindred Spirit' article that is reprinted in International Times. There is also a UK based magazine 'Burning Issue' that claims to be "for money burners and other destroyers of currency". An annual Mass Burn Event - where people are invited to burn money - is held at the Cockpit Theatre in London every autumn. Publicly burning money can be an act of protest or a kind