Description: "Reveals myth and "otherness" as keys to restoring self, nature, and society. Shows how myths contain medicine to restore wholeness amidst trauma, exile, sudden life change, disability, illness, death, or grief. Synthesizes lessons from shamanic practice, quantum physics, alchemy, soul poetry, wildness, social justice, and the author's lived experience. Discloses the blessings of outsiderhood and the gifts and insights gained and contributed to culture by those who are marginalized and outcast"--
Brief description: Robert Simmons has been working with crystals and stones for over 35 years. He is the cofounder of Heaven and Earth, a company offering gem and jewelry creations for self-healing and spiritual and emotional development. The author of several books, including The Book of Stones, The Alchemy of Stones and Stones of the New Consciousness, he lives in New Zealand.
Review Quotes: "One of the most astonishing, thought-provoking, and strategically subversive books I've ever read. The Other Within weaves mythology, depth psychology, and profound musings on disability and art, dancing at the edge of the unsayable to unmake the social structures that oppress us all."-- "Steve Silberman, author of NeuroTribes"