The Clearing to the Sublime

التجلي، او من الجميل إلى الجليل

A winter retreat in the Catskills, for music, movement, meditation, conversation

February Friday 6th to Sunday 8th

Hosted by BarZakh Café and Salon on Kingston

A clearing is not a place you arrive at. It is a space that appears when we pause long enough. Like a Bedouin tent raised in the wilderness, open on all sides, without walls or thresholds, where every traveler is welcomed as they are.

In this clearing, we meet the stranger and the other, not only those who arrive from elsewhere, but also the unfamiliar regions within ourselves. What we have not named. What we have not yet learned to listen to.

Interestingly In Arabic, the word for Clearing echoes the word for the Sublime!

الجلاء، التجلي.

الجَلال، الجَليل.

al-jalā’, al-jalāl

A moment of unveiling, an encounter with something vastly greater than the self.

Sufi tradition knows this moment well:

التخلي، التحلي، والتجلي…

When the self loosens its grip, the awe becomes a doorway, the heart (not reason) bows not in fear, but in intimacy with the Unseen.

Together, we will try to carve such a Clearing, in the snow-quiet forest, and in the inner terrain of breath and attention, to welcome what cannot be explained, only encountered.

In Immanuel Kantian language, the Sublime names the moment when the mind confronts immensity, overwhelmed and momentarily undone, yet paradoxically awakened. One feels small before the infinite, and in that very encounter discovers a new capacity for wonder, humility, and moral imagination!

The Clearing Tent will unfold across a four space compound:

The Farmhouse - gatherings, meals and workshops

The Church - performances and meals

The Barn - performances and workshops

The Banya - sauna hut

3 days, 2 nights · Long Eddy, NY

All food, drink, verity of workshops ( live music, meditation, cold plunges, dance, hikes… ) and accommodations included

To support your arrival, we can help arrange a shuttle from Monticello on Friday to the retreat site in Long Eddy, with a return on Sunday. Guests coming from NYC are invited to organize their own travel, as transportation from the city is not provided.
Coach USA Bus runs regularly from Port Authority to Monticello
https://www.coachusa.com

Ticketing

Tickets are offered on a sliding scale from $300 (early offering) to $375.

In the spirit of the Clearing, this scale is based on personal means and shared care.

We invite each guest to choose the level that feels both honest and possible for them and, if able, to contribute at the higher end to help make the retreat accessible to others.

Your choice supports not only your own presence, but the integrity of the whole container.

Winter Retreat: The Clearing to the Sublime

Winter Retreat: The Clearing to the Sublime