In this article Andrew is featured as “today’s most well-known teacher of modern dark retreat” and serves as the article’s primary expert voice, with extensive quotes about the practice being both transformative and challenging. The article prominently mentions his upcoming May 2026 book Total Eclipse of the Mind.
Most responses to civilizational crisis look outward—toward policy, energy systems, geopolitical players, and the flow of materials—while paying little attention to how the people inside those...
In this recent episode of Insights at the Edge, Sounds True Founder and CEO Tami Simon sits down with Andrew —interdisciplinary scholar, lifelong practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, and author of the...
In his new book, Total Eclipse of the Mind: Unleashing the Power of Darkness for Creativity, Healing, and Transformation, Andrew Holecek lays out a comprehensive introduction to the practice of dark...
In his TEDx talk, Andrew Holecek explores the "healing power of darkness" as an antidote to our modern "darkness deficit disorder." He argues that while light reveals the external world, it often...