photography by Tad Fettig & Andrea Heckman, texts by Andrea Heckman
(2025: Stone Corral Press, Taos NM) Hardcover, 240 pages
Into Wild Places is exceptional not only in its visual beauty but in its text. This gorgeous book, with photography by Andrea Heckman & Tad Fettig, recaps the story of the ancient Bon lineage and shows the adventures, challenges and joys of making the three films: Bon: Mustang to Menri; Bon in Dolpo and Bon in the West.
“From a chance meeting in Taos, New Mexico, we began our journeys to make three films about Tibet’s ancient Bön traditions. We filmed in Northern India, Kathmandu, Mustang and Dolpo in Nepal, France, Poland, Mexico, and the USA. Bön, the ancient spiritual tradition dating back to pre-Buddhism in Tibet, is linked to the vast Zhang Zhung kingdom of western Tibet. Bön has persisted through centuries as an unbroken lineage and continues as one of the world’s oldest spiritual traditions. Today at Menri Monastery (Northern India) and Triten Norbutse Monastery (Kathmandu, Nepal) young monks and nuns are educated in Bön practices and remain there or return home to help their communities or others travel throughout the world learning foreign languages and developing sanghas of devoted students. It is with great pleasure we share these journeys, visually and through our stories, coupled with the intimate stories of the geshes, masters, monks, nuns, and Western students.”
photography by Tad Fettig & Andrea Heckman, texts by Andrea Heckman
(2025: Stone Corral Press, Taos NM) Hardcover, 240 pages
Into Wild Places is exceptional not only in its visual beauty but in its text. This gorgeous book, with photography by Andrea Heckman & Tad Fettig, recaps the story of the ancient Bon lineage and shows the adventures, challenges and joys of making the three films: Bon: Mustang to Menri; Bon in Dolpo and Bon in the West.
“From a chance meeting in Taos, New Mexico, we began our journeys to make three films about Tibet’s ancient Bön traditions. We filmed in Northern India, Kathmandu, Mustang and Dolpo in Nepal, France, Poland, Mexico, and the USA. Bön, the ancient spiritual tradition dating back to pre-Buddhism in Tibet, is linked to the vast Zhang Zhung kingdom of western Tibet. Bön has persisted through centuries as an unbroken lineage and continues as one of the world’s oldest spiritual traditions. Today at Menri Monastery (Northern India) and Triten Norbutse Monastery (Kathmandu, Nepal) young monks and nuns are educated in Bön practices and remain there or return home to help their communities or others travel throughout the world learning foreign languages and developing sanghas of devoted students. It is with great pleasure we share these journeys, visually and through our stories, coupled with the intimate stories of the geshes, masters, monks, nuns, and Western students.”
