Talking to God on the Playa

Many people try to talk to God but few expect a response. Here on the Black Rock playa you can reach out and touch divinity. The higher power is just a phone call away. What may look like an innocuous phone booth positioned on the esplanade at the Burning Man festival, is connecting burners to the divine wisdom of fellow playa dwellers. It’s a plain wooden phone booth with a simple sign reading “talk to god.”

God can take many forms. Five-year-old children have been known to take the throne. Anyone on the playa can play God. The line is connected to a platform across the street where the willing can share their divine knowledge. As the God of the moment told me, “It’s the role of a lifetime. Whether people realize it or not they’re on the playa to learn about themselves.”

Robbie Herring with Camp O-Bop, said the project had such a large impact, that Burning Man officials asked the camp to set it up again. This will be the fourth year of the divine connection.

“Talking to God had opened this door for many, that they thought may be closed,” Herring said.

Herring says individuals have gotten married, been coached through crises or learned to ask themselves the right questions, just from talking on the god phone. We are truly blessed here on the playa.

P.S. I'll be producing a video on this so watch for it. The file is too large to upload from my romote link.