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About the author
Belinda Gore writes on ecstatic trance postures, a practice associated with anthropological research into ritual body postures found across world cultures. The Ecstatic Experience: Healing Postures for Spirit Journeys (Bear & Company, 2009), issued with an accompanying audio CD, presents trance-inducing postures drawn from Mayan, Egyptian, African, Native American, and Sumerian traditions, framed as tools for shamanic journeying, initiation, healing, and divination. Her earlier Ecstatic Body Postures: An Alternate Reality Workbook (Bear & Company, 1995) examines the recurrence of specific body postures in art and artifacts from widely separated cultures and traditions. Gore's books are aimed at readers already interested in shamanic and trance practice, presenting posture work as a specific technique within that broader field rather than as general spirituality.
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💬 What our editors say about Belinda Gore's books
“Gore’s workbook is a unique artifact in occult literature, prioritizing somatic experience over dogmatic belief. While its anthropological foundation lends credibility to the practice of using body postures for consciousness…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Ecstatic Body Postures: An Alternate Reality Workbook (Original)
“Gore presents a compelling synthesis of cross-cultural postures designed to induce ecstatic trance, supported by rhythmic audio guidance. The book succeeds in making complex shamanic concepts accessible for personal exploration…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on The Ecstatic Experience: Healing Postures for Spirit Journeys [With CD (Audio)]
