ti.ara
Bluelighter
Well, I grew up super religious and never in a million years would have believed I would even be friends with someone who used any drugs or went to raves lol. But when I was 18 (Im 22 now), its a looong story but I ended up discovering the world and reality lol, outside of religion and I met two friends, one of whom is now one of my best friends. We met through a crisis situation and bonded during that time. One, Trisha, was 31 and a huge hippie, but so freakin awesome. I knew I shouldn't look up to someone like her because she wasn't christian but I couldn't help it because she was just fucking awesome. The other one, Candace, who is one of my best friends now was 5 yrs older than me . We spent a lot of nights talking about life and the world, and we had big discussions about acid, god and raves. Even after our crisis situation we all kept in touch and I really started coming out of my shell and out of christianitys narrow mind set, but hadn't touched drugs yet. My friend Candace was like a huge, old school candy raver since she was like 14, but had just had a baby and so completely slowed down and stopped partying to take care of him. But she told me all about raves and really emphasized that raves should be more than just about getting messed up on drugs, that they should be a celebration of oneness and music, etc. I learned SO much from Trisha and Candace way before I even went to a rave or did any drugs, I'm REALLY grateful for that because I went in to it with a lot of knowledge from older ppl who had "been there". Just like I was taught about LSD not as just a fun drug that fucks you up, but as an intense spiritual substance to be respected and careful with. So anyways, Candace also played awesome dubstep, drum&bass, etc techno music and I got really into it and fascinated by electronica. 
Then I started to hang out with one of the "bad kids" who left the church i went to long ago, Matt, who became my boyfriend, (now my ex but still friends) and he was hardcore into the rave scene. So, he took me to my first ever rave and it was amazing. I wasn't even high that night but it was so immensely healing. That was during the hardest time I have ever had in my life and hopefully ever will, and I was like overwhelmed by the music and atmosphere. Soon after I tried E, and had the most amazing, healing experience ever and so when I put them together and did E at a rave, words can't even describe! lol. At that time the rave scene in the Okanagan, BC where I was living was really underground and not commercialized. Since then its really exploded and there are a ton of commercialized raves but still some underground ones. I love them all but I cherish the good, underground raves that come up. I live in the Kootenays in BC now and the rave scene is huge here, we're known for our raves and hippies here lol. We have Shambhala Music Festival annually. The vibe at most of the raves here in the Kootenays, even at the commercialized raves is really different from the Okanagan, I find. Probably because like I said, TONS of hippies and chill ppl out here. Even the commercialized raves are really a lot like the underground, more old school raves I started off going too. I love it. I raving haha.
Sorry this is so long! I'm rolling and chatty.
Then I started to hang out with one of the "bad kids" who left the church i went to long ago, Matt, who became my boyfriend, (now my ex but still friends) and he was hardcore into the rave scene. So, he took me to my first ever rave and it was amazing. I wasn't even high that night but it was so immensely healing. That was during the hardest time I have ever had in my life and hopefully ever will, and I was like overwhelmed by the music and atmosphere. Soon after I tried E, and had the most amazing, healing experience ever and so when I put them together and did E at a rave, words can't even describe! lol. At that time the rave scene in the Okanagan, BC where I was living was really underground and not commercialized. Since then its really exploded and there are a ton of commercialized raves but still some underground ones. I love them all but I cherish the good, underground raves that come up. I live in the Kootenays in BC now and the rave scene is huge here, we're known for our raves and hippies here lol. We have Shambhala Music Festival annually. The vibe at most of the raves here in the Kootenays, even at the commercialized raves is really different from the Okanagan, I find. Probably because like I said, TONS of hippies and chill ppl out here. Even the commercialized raves are really a lot like the underground, more old school raves I started off going too. I love it. I raving haha. Sorry this is so long! I'm rolling and chatty.
Maybe see if there are any large rave type events, like Shambhala, Motion Notion, etc type events anywhere near you that you could travel too. You'd meet lots of ravers and maybe some in your area who are going too, and would know where some raves are being held. 
