Dreams of Death: Navigating States of Dazzling Darkness
Are you ready to face your death? Or does this question alone bring shivers down your spine? If you dare to study the ultimate unknown, join us for this third instalment of Fey’s Shadow Salon, where we move beyond the unconscious, the supernatural and the psychedelic in order to understand how the psyche unravels when suspended in the emptiness of a liminal state.
We’ll investigate the similarities between the state of dreaming, death and darkness retreats. What connects these and can you utilize one to prepare for the other? These mysteries will be illuminated for us with the torch of Tibetan wisdom, as carried by our speaker of the night and a renowned expert on Tibetan Buddhism and traditional medicine: Dr. Nida Chenagtsang.
Come and find out what it takes to face the darkness beyond.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Nida Chenagtsang is a renowned Tibetan physician, scholar, and lineage master of the Yuthok Nyingthig, the unique spiritual healing tradition within Sowa Rigpa (Traditional Tibetan Medicine). Born in Amdo, northeastern Tibet, he began his medical training at the local Tibetan Medicine hospital before earning his degree from Lhasa Tibetan Medical University in 1996. Alongside his medical studies, Dr. Nida immersed himself in Vajrayana Buddhism, receiving transmissions and training from esteemed masters across all Tibetan Buddhist schools, with a particular focus on the Longchen Nyingthig, Dudjom Tersar, and Yuthok Nyingthig traditions.
A well-known poet in his youth, he has published numerous books and articles on Sowa Rigpa and the Yuthok Nyingthig, as well as groundbreaking research on ancient Tibetan healing practices, earning international recognition in both the East and West.
As the Founder and Academic Director of the Sowa Rigpa Institute, Dr. Nida has been teaching internationally for over 25 years, and continues to share the wisdom of Tibetan Medicine worldwide, preserving and advancing its profound healing traditions for future generations.
Hosted and Curated by:
Fey, a mediator between the otherworldly and the mundane. Outside of the salon (Ada Kałużna), a researcher with interest in philosophy of mind, psychedelic experience and the extraordinary Past scientific officer at the Beckley Foundation. Community-builder and traveler.
LINK: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ada_Kaluzna2
don’t worry if you miss it – we will send you a recording valid for two weeks the next day
Fey’s Shadow Salon – a lecture series where we explore the elusive, chart the intangible, and investigate the invisible. Come around as we initiate the first season of the Salon, the Study of the Unseen, on the eclipse of 3rd March and stay for the ride through labyrinths of the human psyche, from the seven circles of the Jungian unconscious, to the psychedelic fountains of creativity, to the tall peaks of imagination where the ancient Spirits dwell.
1. “Books of Visions”: Jung, Dante, and the Making of the Red Book – 3 Mar 2026
2. Psychedelics as Catalysts of Creativity – 30 April 2026
3. Dreams of Death: Navigating States of Dazzling Darkness – 14 May 2026
4. The I Ching Oracle – 28 May 2026
5. Spirit of Creativity – 28 July 2026
