The Mirror of Darkness w/ Andrew Holecek

​The phenomenology of darkness shares territory with the bardos and the dream state, which is why the Tibetan tradition treats these practices as deeply related methods. Andrew brings participants into contact with dark retreat practice, clarifying what the tradition is pointing at when it links these domains of dream, death, and darkness. Andrew Holecek is an author and interdisciplinary scholar-practitioner whose work bridges dream yoga, dark retreat, and the art of dying with contemporary cognitive neuroscience. He is the Resident Contemplative Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies, has completed the traditional three-year solitary retreat, and is the author of nine books including Dream Yoga and Total Eclipse of the Mind.