The Jewel in the Wound

This books is the compelling story of how the author's disfiguring scars guided her search for a connection to the mother who died at her birth, and ultimately led to her own psychological development. Through focused work, Rothenberg explains, body symptoms and physical illness can help us to discover our personal myth. Included are a rich variety of color photographs of artwork, of cultural artifacts and of her visits with West African shamans. Movingly told from a Jungian point of view and in the intimate context of analysis, it is not only the autobiography of a person with a life-long dedication to understanding the psyche, but also a portrayal of the unconscious as it reveals itself throughout the course of that person's life.