Conventional wisdom holds that introverts are the solitude experts. After all, introversion was originally defined by Jung as the tendency to be more energized by one’s internal world than the ...

Conventional wisdom holds that introverts are the solitude experts. After all, introversion was originally defined by Jung as the tendency to be more energized by one’s internal world than the ...

Modern hermits seek solitude not to escape the world but to learn how to listen more closely to God, to their neighbors and to creation, Pope Leo XIV said as he met about 50 Italian hermits who came ...

I spent most of the hike down the rim of Qaddisha Valley worrying not so much what would happen if I slipped and fell down the mountain gorge, but about the social protocols of visiting with a hermit.

"Echoes of a Hermit" is an intimate exploration of Lawrence Nault, a reclusive author living in the Badlands of Alberta. As he confronts his past, Lawrence shares the stories behind his books, the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There is nothing more supremely powerful than choosing yourself. Being solitary is not a bad thing or a ...

Is loneliness a modern epidemic as we are so often told? Did people in the past suffer similar feelings of isolation? The word "loneliness" was not common before the 19th century. Cultural historian ...