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| March 2025 | Michigan Attorney General's office confirmed an open investigation into Twin Flames Universe. |
| March 22 2025 | CTV's W5 program aired a documentary titled 'We're Not a Cult: Inside Twin Flames Universe'. |
| 2025 | Temple of the Deep designed by Miguel Arraiz, a high sanctuary inspired by volcanic rock, featuring seven entrances representing stages of grief and symbolizing resilience through imperfection. |
| 2024 | Temple of Together designed by Caroline Ghosn, featuring a Central Chamber surrounded by 'Chapels of Wishes' within a fenced courtyard. |
| December 19 2024 | CEO Marian Goodell emailed supporters noting the project still requires $14 million to meet its financial goal for the 2025 festival. |
| October 2024 | The Burning Man Project launched a fundraising campaign aiming to collect $20 million. |
| August 26 2024 | It was reported that tickets remained unsold for the first time since 2011. |
| August 25 2024 | A female participant died on the first day of the Burning Man festival. |
| January 2024 |
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Yasmine Hider was sentenced to 35 years in prison, while Krystal Pinkins received a life sentence for Adam Simjee's murder.
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| 2023 | After two documentaries were released about the group, hired Red Banyan, a crisis communications firm, to improve their public image. |
| 2023 | Two documentaries, 'Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe' and 'Escaping Twin Flames', were released, exposing the group's controversial practices and drawing significant public attention to the cult. |
| 2023 | Temple of the Heart designed by Ela Madej and Reed Finlay, conceived as an inverted desert flower with a Rose Altar, Heart Chamber, and Ring of Offerings to symbolize connection, love, and reflection. |
| 2023 | Burning Man filed a lawsuit against geothermal energy exploration in the Nevada desert, challenging a proposed renewable energy project near their annual event site. |
| 2023 | Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen noted significant post-event littering, including abandoned vehicles, highlighting ongoing challenges with the event's cleanup efforts. |
| 2023 | Climate activists blockaded the road into Black Rock City to protest the event's environmental impact. |
| October 2023 | Michael C. Hall and Grace Caroline Currey were announced to have joined the cast of The Leader movie. |
| September 2023 | During Labor Day weekend, Burning Man experienced severe rainfall and flooding, causing a site-wide lockdown that prevented vehicle movement. Organizers issued a Wet Playa Survival Guide, advising participants to conserve resources and stay in safe spaces. One person died, and thousands of attendees were stranded at the event site. |
| August 2023 |
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Six people from the St. Louis area, including two children, disappeared from a Quality Inn in Florissant, Missouri, potentially influenced by Jamal's encouragement to go off-the-grid.
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| August 2023 |
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Rashad Jamal, founder of the University of Cosmic Intelligence, was convicted of child molestation and cruelty to children, and subsequently sentenced to 18 years in prison.
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| February 2023 | The movie The Leader, following the story of Applewhite and Nettles, was introduced during the Berlin Film Festival. |
| 2022 | Hafenbrack et al. conducted a study with 1,400 participants examining how focused-breathing meditation can dampen the relationship between transgressions and the desire to engage in reparative prosocial behaviors. |
| 2022 | Empyrean Temple finally constructed at Burning Man after being postponed in 2020 and 2021. A prototype was previously built in Santa Rosa, CA in 2021. |
| 2022 | Beverage sales at Center Camp Café were halted due to reasons including cost, decreased need, environmental impact, and adherence to the principle of decommodification. |
| 2022 | An additional restriction was introduced, setting the cumulative maximum authorized population for the event at 87,000 total attendees, while maintaining the maximum on-site population at 80,000. |
| December 15 2022 | Burning Man Project announced the 2022 event would take place in person after two years of cancellations. |
| August 14 2022 |
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Krystal Pinkins and Yasmine Hider murdered University of Central Florida student Adam Simjee during an ambush at Cheaha State Park in Alabama.
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| January 16 2022 |
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Damien Washam, a 23-year-old follower, murdered his mother with a ninja sword and attacked his brother and uncle. His father blamed Jamal's videos for the radical change in Damien's behavior.
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| 2021 | Poullin et al. conducted a study with 691 participants discovering that mindfulness can increase selfishness and potentially decrease prosocial behavior, particularly in individuals with independent self-construals. |
| 2021 | No official physical temple due to Covid-19 Pandemic. A virtual temple called The Luminous Lotus Virtual Temple was created by Simeone Scaramozzino. |
| 2021 | An unofficial Burning Man event was held with an estimated 20,000 attendees, coordinated by groups like Black Rock Plan B and Rogue Burn. The Bureau of Land Management implemented restrictions on structures and fires. A massive illuminated drone display replaced the traditional burning of the Man effigy. |
| 2021 | The event was canceled for the second consecutive year due to COVID-19. The theme changed from 'Terra Incognita' to 'The Great Unknown', with an estimated 20,000 people attending a loosely organized 'rogue' burn. |
| 2021 | Vice Media's documentary television series Dark Side of the 90s featured Heaven's Gate in its first season. |
| May 14 2021 | Burning Man Project released tickets for online events scheduled between August 22 and September 7, 2021. |
| April 28 2021 | Pope Francis addresses the General Audience, stating that meditation is a need for everyone and emphasizing the heart as the 'organ of prayer'. |
| April 27 2021 | Burning Man Project canceled the 2021 event due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic uncertainties, despite progress on vaccination. |
| 2020 | Vanity Fair journalist Alice Hines became the first reporter to meet and interview the leaders of Twin Flames Universe in person. |
| 2020 | Twin Flames Universe established its headquarters south of Suttons Bay, Michigan. The 'Twin Flame Ascension Course' was priced at $4,444 to view and purchase. |
| 2020 | Empyrean Temple by Laurence Renzo Verbeck, Sylvia Adrienne Lisse, and Jeremy Roush was delayed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. |
| 2020 | Jeff Wittek, Simon Rex, and Jonah released a song titled 'Burningman'. |
| September 7 2020 | Approximately 1,000 Burners celebrated at San Francisco's Ocean Beach, drawing criticism from Mayor London Breed for being reckless during the pandemic. Several thousand also gathered unofficially in the Black Rock desert. |
| July 2 2020 | Burning Man was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight virtual 'Universes' were announced, and approximately 5,000 people attended an unofficial burn in Black Rock Desert. |
| April 10 2020 | Burning Man Project announced the cancellation of the 2020 event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the first year the festival did not occur since its inception. The organization decided to offer ticket refunds despite tickets being originally sold as non-refundable. |
| 2019 | The couple founded the Church of Union, positioning themselves as 'Father Christ' and 'Mother Christ', with a mission to unify all religions under one spiritual framework. |
| 2019 | Burning Man reached its peak attendance of 78,850 participants, marking its transformation from an underground gathering to a destination for celebrities and tech elite. |
| 2019 | The final recorded year in the text where the Man sculpture maintained its established height. |
| 2019 | The Bureau of Land Management changed its population definition to include staff and volunteers, increasing the maximum population limit by 10,000. |
| 2019 | Temple of Direction designed by Geordie Van Der Bosch, inspired by Torii gates of Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine, featuring four entrances aligned with cardinal directions of Black Rock City. |
| 2018 | The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum hosted a major Burning Man art exhibition called 'No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man', which featured room-sized installations, costumes, jewelry, and archival materials tracing the event's artistic evolution. |
| 2018 | Black Rock City exceeded the 70,000 participant limit, with the Bureau of Land Management requesting the gate be closed, allowing new participants only when others left. |
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