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Tonight’s’ talk will present a critical analysis of prevalent spiritual tropes in the rave scene—such as “'trance' is God's music,” “God is a DJ,” or the club as a "church— as a way to conceptualize the shifting paradigms of contemporary drug culture. What do these memes tell us about the meaning of rave culture has been presented and perceived through the decades? What factors made god-like DJs become so cringe? And how do we move towards new ideological frameworks for rave spirituality in the 21st century? Lhooq's presentation will draw deeply from her reporting on the culture and politics of raving, as well as the work of rave intellectuals Graham St John, Erik Davis, Eris Drew, Simon Reynolds, and McKenzie Wark, as she posits new theories around nightlife's enduring quest for meaning.