The Other Within: The Genius of Deformity in Myth, Culture, and Psyche

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 outca...