Power of Silence

<p>This book demonstrates that silence is eloquent powerful beautiful and even dangerous. It surrounds and permeates our daily lives. Drawing on a wide range of cross-cultural literary and historical sources the author explores the uses and abuses of silence. He explains how silence is not associated with solitude alone but has a much broader value within society. The main themes of <em>The Power of Silence</em> are positive and negative uses of silence and the various ways in which silence has been understood culturally socially and spiritually. The book's objectives are to equip people with a better appreciation of the value of silence and to enable them to explore its benefits and uses more easily for themselves.</p>