The Compass at

LIB

The Compass holds the educational heart of Lightning in a Bottle festival, offering a diverse array of programming to engage the senses, expand the mind, and inspire community action. It is also home to cutting edge music and performance focused on creating uplifting and nourishing shared experience.

MISSION

The core intention of the Compass is to offer high caliber immersive education while focusing all of the incredible energy generated at LIB by giving people inspiring and accessible ways to carry their experiences out beyond the festival.

FEATURED TOPICS

Becoming Activists
Earth Wisdom Traditions & Skills
Magic and Ritual Arts
Cutting Edge Creativity
Holistic Wellness and Sexuality
Appropriate Technology

PAST PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Independent Media Shaping America
Women Protectors of Mother Earth Across the Americas: Panel facilitated by Amy Goodman with Pennie Opal Plant, Leila Salazar-Lopez, Erial Deranger & Violet Cavanaugh
Paul Stamets, Mushrooms and the Mycology of Consciousness
Kaypacha, An Astrological Overview of 2018 and Beyond
Climbing Poetree, Art is a Hammer: Shaping Reality Through Cultural Activism
Tom Goldtooth, The Roots of the Indigenous Resistance
Starhawk, Season of the Witch
Content Partnerships with Bioneers, Planet Experts and Indigenous Environmental Network

Featuring 5 Educational Zones:

BEACON // ILLUMINATING OUR WORLD

Keynote presentations from visionaries and leaders across many disciplines and lineages, along with carefully curated music and performance to nourish and inspire.