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Edwin Clark (Toby) Johnson, Ph.D., is a writer, editor and former psychotherapist now in semi-retirement. During the 1970s, he lived in Northern California and was on staff for many of Joseph Campb...view moreEdwin Clark (Toby) Johnson, Ph.D., is a writer, editor and former psychotherapist now in semi-retirement. During the 1970s, he lived in Northern California and was on staff for many of Joseph Campbell’s appearances during that time and corresponded with Campbell for over a decade. He is author of four spiritual autobiographies, two books on gay spirituality, and four novels. His 1990 novel Secret Matter received a Lambda Literary Award in the Science Fiction category and the 2000 book Gay Spirituality, a Lammy in Spirituality/Religion. His most recent books are Finding Your Own True Myth: What I Learned from Joseph Campbell and Finding God in the Sexual Underworld.Toby Johnson and Kip Dollar, partners since 1984, ran Liberty Books, the gay and lesbian community bookstore in Austin, TX, 1988-1994, and managed two B&B operations together.From 1996-2003, Johnson edited White Crane: A Journal of Gay Men’s Spirituality. He worked as a literary editor and book designer with Lethe Press, 2005-2015. He’s on the Steering Committee of Austin’s LGBT Coalition on Aging.In 2018, Toby and Kip were legally married on their 34th anniversary.Johnson’s website is tobyjohnson.comThe Photo posted is from 1980, when the first edition of The Myth of the Great Secret was published. This was on the back of the book. The photo was taken by Toby's dear friend Leslie Peterson.view less
Books by Toby Johnson
Gay Spirituality: Gay Identity and the Transformation of Human Consciousness Finding Your Own True Myth: What I Learned from Joseph Campbell: The Myth of the Great Secret III Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGay Perspective: Things Our [Homo]sexuality Tells Us About the Nature of God and the Universe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTwo Spirits: A Story of Life With the Navajo Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSecret Matter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFinding God in the Sexual Underworld: The Journey Expanded Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Fourth Quill Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings