by Barry Bowden: **The Voice of the Silence** was written by H. P. Blavatsky in the later months of 1889. It is considered to be one of the great classics of Theosophical literature; a work on mysticism and how to enter the esoteric path. There are no words; one must try to live it and listen with one’s heart. In poetic language, it leads the reader on a journey; this is the inward path. We will discuss the practices the student needs to learn to read their own heart. The heart being the key to the inner life, the intellect without the heart can become a barrier.