The Ritual Must Be Kept Alive w. Sofia
A blend of ritualistic and magnetic sounds, oscillating in between electronic, experimental downtempo and trance.

This month's episode is inspired by the concept of bardo (Classical Tibetan: བར་དོ་ Wylie: bar do) an intermediate, transitional, or liminal state between death and rebirth.

According to Tibetan tradition, after death and before one's next birth, when one's consciousness is not connected with a physical body, one experiences a variety of phenomena. These usually follow a particular sequence of degeneration from, just after death, the clearest experiences of reality of which one is spiritually capable, and then proceeding to terrifying hallucinations that arise from the impulses of one's previous unskillful actions. For the prepared and appropriately trained individuals, the bardo offers a state of great opportunity for liberation, since transcendental insight may arise with the direct experience of reality; for others, it can become a place of danger as the karmically created hallucinations can impel one into a less than desirable rebirth.
Metaphorically, bardo can be used to describe times when the usual way of life becomes suspended, as, for example, during a period of illness or during a meditation retreat. Such times can prove fruitful for spiritual progress because external constraints diminish.