The first Temple on the Burning Man playa was created in 2000 when David Best and Jack Haye brought the Temple of the Mind. When their friend and fellow builder Michael Hefflin died in a motorcycle accident, the Temple of the Mind became a memorial to him. Fellow participants at the event quickly began leaving remembrances of their loved ones as well, and the first Burning Man Temple was born.
At Blazing Swan, we build a Temple each year. Each of us brings our own stories and our own feelings to the Temple. Hope, closure, forgiving and forgiveness, letting go and finding connection, reflection and rejection. Each person’s experience may be very different and we only ask that you respect each person’s presence there, and the messages they leave there.
The Temple Burn, usually Sunday evening weather pemitting, is a quiet Burn.
