A Guide for Spiritual Retreat

There is nothing like a retreat to clarify the priorities of the heart. It primes the pump. David Cooper offers an extensive exploration of the content and process of various forms of retreat. Read this book with a seeking mind but let the heart choose its path. Stephen Levine.

Since its hardcover publication in 1992 David Cooper's Silence, Simplicity, and Solitude has become the classic spiritual retreat guide. In this book, Cooper traces the tradition of retreat in all the world's major religions, describes the great variety of spiritual practices available to modern seekers, and explains each aspect of the retreat experience, including how to set up a retreat in your own home. In exploring the history and literature of mysticism, Cooper develops the theme that not only is silence a great healer, it also gives us insight into deeper truths. For many readers this book will be an important resource for learning more about the religion of their birth as well as for discovering remarkable universal parallels in the wisdom and teachings of other faiths.