Not only is silence a great healer, but inner spiritual retreat can also provide life-changing insight into deeper spiritual truths. The ancient mystics looked to spiritual retreat as a way of cleansing the body and healing the soul. Silence, Simplicity & Solitude 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 and clearly instrucsts how to creat an effective, self-guided spiritual retreat in your own home.