Silence: The Mystery of Wholeness

In this chaotic world, we need Silence to maintain and enlarge our inner connection with the mystery of the world, to find a sense of spiritual direction, and to become more receptive to healing from the spiritual worlds. Robert Sardello's exquisite descriptions of previously unrecognized dimensions of Silence, along with exercises, can help us find what we most long to feel--an intimate sense of being cared for. In Silence, Robert Sardello gives us nothing less than a gorgeous, sustained epiphany on Silence itself. From the trials of St. Anthony to Anthroposophy, Depth Psychology, and phenomenology, Sardello's erudition is always present, but never intrusive, since this work is also an experience. It is a palpable entry into Silence as it unfolds, offering each reader an intimation of its secrets. "Sardello's work Silence sets a momentum into order every time I pick it up, on that asks only that I stay open to that momentum. I haven't encountered this kind of book before, and I don't know what's in it for me, only that I have a longing to stay open to it. I daresay the work will speak for itself. I can't speak for it except to pray it finds a very wide audience and works its magic thereon." --Joseph Chilton Pearce, author The Magical Child and The Death of Religion and the Rebirth of Spirit "This book is a breakthrough. In Silence, Robert Sardello modestly, elegantly--and magisterially--brings thirty years of work in phenomenological, soul-based spiritual psychology to a new level. What was implicit before becomes explicit: spiritual psychology is not just another theory; it is a path to a new reality." --Christopher Bamford, author, The Voice of the Eagle, and coauthor, Green Hermeticism

About the Author :
Robert Sardello, PhD, is cofounder (with Cheryl Sanders-Sardello, PhD, in 1992) of the School of Spiritual Psychology. At the University of Dallas, he served as chair of the Department of Psychology, head of the Institute of Philosophic Studies, and graduate dean. He is also cofounder and a faculty member of the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, as well as author of more than 200 articles in scholarly journals and cultural publications, and is a former faculty member of the Chalice of Repose Project in Missoula, Montana. Having developed spiritual psychology based in archetypal psychology, phenomenology, and the spiritual science of Rudolf Steiner from more than thirty-five years of research in this discipline, as well as holding positions in two universities, Dr. Sardello is now an independent teacher and scholar, teaching all over the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., as well as the Czech Republic, the Philippines, and Australia. He is a consultant to many educational and cultural institutions and a dissertation adviser at numerous academic institutions. He is author of several books, including Facing the World with Soul; Love and the World; Freeing the Soul from Fear; The Power of Soul: Living the Twelve Virtues. and Silence. Therese Schroeder-Sheker is a musician, medievalist, teacher, and clinician. She is the founder of the Chalice of Repose Project housed at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Montana. As a vocalist and harpist, she has recorded several influential works, including Rosa Mystica and In Dulce Jubilo. She is the author of a book on music and dying, Transitus: A Blessed Death in the Modern World.