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Talking about Dark Retreat, Part 2 with Andrew Holecek

Author
Michael W. Taft
Published
Fri 01 Aug 2025
Episode Link
https://deconstructingyourself.com/talking-about-dark-retreat-part-2-with-andrew-holecek.html

Host Michael Taft continues his conversation with with Andrew Holecek about the transformative practice of Dark Retreat; the reasons behind the recent surge of interest in darkness practices; its relationship to the feminine principle and as an antidote to runaway patriarchy; the three “tracks” or “schools” of dark retreat in Tibetan Vajrayana: Kalachakra, Nyingma, and Bön; the power of darkness for working with fear, fear of death, projections; fear as a sign that you're close to the truth, and hints for integration post darkness.

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