Daniel Deardorff

About The Author

Daniel Deardorff (1952-2019) was a mythsinger, storyteller, ritualist, composer, and producer. A polio survivor and early teacher about Otherness, he toured extensively with renowned soft-rock band Seals and Crofts and produced award-winning albums for other artists. When post-polio sequelae required change, he became an independent scholar of myth teaching internationally with Robert Bly and others. Mythsingerlegacy.org continues his work restoring myth to culture and community.

Books by Daniel Deardorff

The Other Within

The Genius of Deformity in Myth, Culture, and Psyche

Commentaries by Robert Bly
Reveals myth and “otherness” as keys to restoring self, nature, and society
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