From the bestselling author of God Is a Verb the classic spiritual retreat guide that enables anyone to create their own selfguided spiritual retreat at home. The ancient mystics looked to spiritual retreat as a way of cleansing the body and healing the soul. In Silence Simplicity amp Solitude David A. Cooper traces the path of the mystics and the practice of spiritual retreat in all the major faith traditions sharing the common techniques and practices of the retreat experience for beginner and advanced meditators alike. Cooper shows the way to the selfdiscovery and discipline of the spiritual retreat experience and clearly instructs how to create an effective selfguided spiritual retreat in your own home. Silence Simplicity amp Solitude teaches that not only is silence a great healer but that inner spiritual retreat can provide lifechanging insight into deeper spiritual truths