Open AccessThe Phenomenal Space of Soulful Silence
Author(s) -
Ellen Wimmer
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
counseling and family therapy scholarship review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-926X
DOI - 10.53309/hanz8732
Subject(s) - silence , soul , metaphor , space (punctuation) , aesthetics , psychology , epistemology , philosophy , theology , linguistics
Where has silence gone? What does this mean for the spiritual soul? This analysis utilizes a phenomenological and qualitative lens to assess the way silence and the soul interact. The author posits that the relationship between silence and the soul, or soulful silence, creates a space to learn about the powerful phenomena that shape us. Through imagery, metaphor, and personal reflection the author embarks on a descriptive journey to explore what we learn by sitting in soulful silence, the phenomenological and spiritual implications of soulful silence, and how one must first become intimately familiar with their own soulful silence to experience growth, beauty, and wisdom.