# Marcus Demetrius Link > Autist, eco-poetic philosopher, ecological thinker. Author of the forthcoming *Keystones in the Patterns of Place* and *A Boy Called Wild*, and the published *Quantum Poetry* series collected in *Inkblot Moon*. Published by Keystone Publications. This site holds the writing of Marcus Demetrius Link – philosophical essays, short stories, poetry, talks and podcast appearances, and a commonplace book of quotations. The work moves between cognitive history of the West, hemisphere theory, regenerative ecology, depth psychology, and the inwardness of autistic experience. The writing on the site and in the books is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. ## Author Marcus Demetrius Link is autistic with monotropic attention. He has been reading and writing across philosophy, ecology, depth psychology, fractal mathematics, alchemy, hemisphere theory, and the cognitive history of Western consciousness for thirty years. He runs Ecological Intelligence Ltd, a consultancy on regenerative agriculture and systems thinking, and is part of Holos Earth Academy. As a hobbyist, he also designs retro educational browser games with ecological themes at [Uphill Games](https://uphill-games.com) — the first game is *Uphill: Sierra Nevada Fire Rescue*. He has been in Jungian analysis for many years and keeps a long dream catalogue. Born 1978, between Ireland and Germany, now on the edge of Dartmoor, England. ## Books - [Keystones in the Patterns of Place](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/keystones-in-the-patterns-of-place/) – First edition hardback, forthcoming from Keystone Publications. ISBN 978-1-0683788-0-5. A philosophical history of three thousand years of Western consciousness, drawing on hemisphere theory (McGilchrist), fractal mathematics, alchemical symbolism, depth psychology, and the science of ecological restoration. Central claim: the mythopoetic matrix and the ecosystem are identical at the level of deep structure; there can be no outer regeneration without inner transformation. - [A Boy Called Wild: An Autist's Imaginal Memoir](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/a-boy-called-wild/) – First edition hardback, forthcoming from Keystone Publications. ISBN 978-1-0683788-1-2. Autobiographical companion to *Keystones*. Where *Keystones* maps the territory, this memoir walks it. - [Inkblot Moon: The Complete Quantum Poetry](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/poetry/inkblot-moon-the-complete-quantum-poetry/) – Second edition hardback, forthcoming from Keystone Publications. ISBN 978-1-0683788-2-9. First edition (Amazon KDP paperback + Kindle) 2024. The omnibus collecting four volumes of poetry written across a decade. - [Poems from the Global Village: Quantum Poetry Vol. I](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/poetry/poems-from-the-global-village-quantum-poetry-vol-i/) – First volume of the series; the poet trapped in the city culture. - [Quanticles of Emergence: Quantum Poetry Vol. II](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/poetry/quanticles-of-emergence-quantum-poetry-vol-ii/) – Seven poems on fragmentation, wholeness, and interbeing. - [The Light from Beyond the Inkblot: Quantum Poetry Vol. III](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/poetry/the-light-from-beyond-the-inkblot-quantum-poetry-vol-iii/) – Archetypes, ecosystems, and the vertical axis of transformation. - [This Terrifyingly Exquisite Jolt: Quantum Poetry Vol. IV](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/poetry/this-terrifyingly-exquisite-jolt-quantum-poetry-vol-iv/) – Origin story and culmination of the series; poetry as the jolt that shatters fragmentation. ## Essays - [The Way of the Fool](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/the-way-of-the-fool/) – Six-part essay series on the inwardness of becoming, the meeting of the Boy and the Fool, *mundus imaginalis*, metanoia, and pathways through the Mandelbrot Set. - [This Fool's Creative Manifesto](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/manifesto/) – The "give it forward" ethos that underpins the CC-licensed work. - [The Tale of Two Tomorrows](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/essays/the-tale-of-two-tomorrows/) – The Story of No Story versus the Story of Another Tomorrow. - [Browse all essays](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/essays/) ## Short stories - [A Boy Called Wild](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/stories/) – An eight-story cycle about a Boy and the cage built around him. Companion to the forthcoming memoir. ## Talks and podcasts - [Humans as a Beneficial Keystone Species on Earth](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/talks/humans-as-a-beneficial-keystone-species-on-earth-holos-lecture-september-2022/) – Holos Earth Project lecture, 2022. - [Browse all talks and podcasts](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/talks/) ## The Library - [Commonplace book of passages](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/library/) from McGilchrist, Yunkaporta, Jung, von Franz, Smuts, Alexander, Hesse, C.S. Lewis, and others. ## Topics covered Hemisphere theory · Iain McGilchrist · monotropism · autistic cognition · alexithymia · ecological restoration · regenerative agriculture · keystone species · holism · Jan Smuts · depth psychology · C.G. Jung · Marie-Louise von Franz · the Self · individuation · fractal mathematics · Mandelbrot set · D = 1.4 · alchemical symbolism · the Axiom of Maria · mythopoetic matrix · Henri Corbin · *mundus imaginalis* · imaginal philosophy · Tyson Yunkaporta · Daniel Christian Wahl · E.F. Schumacher · Christopher Alexander · pattern language · Cecil Collins · C.S. Lewis · the Fool archetype · the Compass Rose of Consciousness · First Peoples · Second Peoples · Third Peoples · cognitive history of the West · Western consciousness · eco-poetics · ecological philosophy · regenerative enterprise · the climate and meaning crises as one crisis ## Imprint and licensing Keystone Publications is the self-publishing imprint of Marcus Demetrius Link. Books are distributed worldwide via Amazon KDP and Ingram Sparks. The writing on this site and in the books is licensed under [Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). My word is my gift: share it, build on it, but do not sell it. See [The Manifesto](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/manifesto/) for the principle and [Terms](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/terms/) for the legal detail. ## Contact [hello@marcusdemetriuslink.com](mailto:hello@marcusdemetriuslink.com). [About page](https://marcusdemetriuslink.com/about/) carries press bios, speaking topics, and downloadable assets.