Robert Simmons

ROBERT SIMMONS has been teaching and writing about the metaphysical properties ofstones for over thirty years. Simmons is the cofounder of Heaven and Earth, a companyoffering more than 2,000 gem and jewelry items for self-healing and spiritual andemotional development. He is the author of The Book of Stones, The Pocket Book ofStones, Stones of the New Consciousness, and Earthfire. His books have won awardsincluding the COVR (Coalition of Visionary Retailers) Award for The Book of Stones andthe Benjamin Franklin Award for Earthfire. Simmons frequently lectures and offersintensive workshops in the US on working with stones and their energies, including anAlchemy of Stones workshop series. Simmons and his wife, Kathy Warner, moved to NewZealand in 2013 and opened a Heaven and Earth store a few years later. Robertcontinues to do speaking engagements and teaching events there and spends his freetime out in the bush, hunting for New Zealand’s high-vibration crystals and gemstones.