Hey now psychotropia6,
My first taste of a national Rainbow Gathering was in 1991, in nearby Glover in Vermont. Although, I haven't attended one of the national gatherings since 7/1992, held in Rocky Mountain National Park. So, a lot of things may have changed over the years? I can relay my impressions of the enormous events, from that era. I've never seen so many hippies in one place in my life!!! I believe there we more than 28,000 people at that one? I don't know if DMT is common amongst Rainbow folks but LSD mushrooms and peyote sure used to be! :shock:
I had eaten 3 strong hits of very, very clean acid. The Grateful Dead were playing in Highgate,VT... so lots of beautiful Dead Heads were in attendance. I had intended on dancing to the multitude of drummers playing hour after hour, into the wee hours of the night. Unfortunately or perhaps, very fortunately (?), I felt like I was way too high to maintain control over my physical body. I saw one teepee in the distance that called to me. I was fortunate enough to enter into the "Silent Meditation" teepee and spent the entire night within it's Sacramental atmosphere.
Inside were a very wonderful mix of peoples. One fellow was
the anointer in the group and was dosing folks with liquid acid. I passively opened my mouth and stuck out my tongue and received 3 drops. Drip, drip, drip. Wow, this was them most LSD I had ever ingested and I've had "too much", many a time! A lot happened over the next 16 hours... and most of it is beyond the scope of words. I'm not trying to be cute here, I had a major
whiteout experience and was floating blissfully within the blinding white light of the Insubstantial Essence, for many hours. I remained highly lucid throughout the trip but it would take a book and a novel, to go into full detail (that which can be spoken of with words).
My overall impressions of the Rainbow Tribe, is that they are loving people who travel with a mixed group of good and bad human beings, tagging along for the ride. In the ole days, there was another group who followed the main contingency. They we largely alcoholics, drifters, thieves and occasionally... opportunistic rapists. That was the most heart breaking aspect of the bigger gatherings. They were collectively called, "A Camp".
Be that as it may, the Rainbow vibe was awesome and when I got into the massive throng of smiling, dancing hippies... I have to say, it was mind blowing! I felt like I was HOME when I entered into the great circle.
I don't think that it is fair to say that such a changing group of individuals would be in some kind of hippie stasis... who knows? But the ideal is still the same, even if the participant may or may not be. I am still processing much of what I encountered in that setting, almost 20 years ago.
I second ۩'s advice, I also recommend that you check one out. The regional gatherings are much smaller and far less intense, but of course. If you want a little taste of the original Woodstock Music & Art Festival, you'll find it at a Rainbow Gathering. Or at least a reasonable flashback? :lol:
just wanted to see if anyone on here is familiar with the Rainbow Family of Living Light? what are your feelings toward the gatherings and the family as a whole if so? Something tells me that many of them have a good relationship with the spice in addition to other psychs of course. they frown upon alcohol use also and most harder drugs. For those who are completely unfamiliar with the family, just google it haha. Rainbow Family of Living Light Unofficial Home Page and http://welcomehere.org/ are both main sites for them.
Rainbow Family! I went to the last 2 annual gatherings in Pennsylvania & Washington. Perhaps we could have a Nexus meetup at the next annual? 
