Ecstatic Body Postures
An Alternate Reality Workbook
$70.32
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
5 January 1995
Summary
Specific body postures reappear in the art and artifacts of world cultures, even those widely separated by time and distance. What are these images of unusual postures telling us?
Medicine people, shamans, priests, and priestesses of indigenous cultures have passed on this sacred body of knowledge for thousands of years. Anthropologist Felicita Goodman discovered that people who assume these postures report strikingly similar meditative experiences. The results from this research are …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781879181229 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1879181223 |
| Author: | Belinda Gore |
| Publisher: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Imprint: | Bear & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 1995 |
| Weight: | 370g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
”… this book summarizes the results of hundreds of workshops and introduces the reader to the rich resources of information found in the alternative reality… . I highly recommend this book to all who want to explore their inner reality.” * Ruth-Inge Heinze, author of Shamans of the 20th Century *
“I have integrated the practice of Ecstatic Body Postures into all my workouts, to great benefit, and recommend this book highly to anyone wishing to get physically fit while exploring other dimensions of their being.” * Thor the Barbarian, Quest for Might, July 2007 *
About The Author
Belinda Gore
Belinda Gore has been teaching workshops on ecstatic trance for over eight years. She is vice-president of the Cuyamungue Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where the principles of ecstatic trance and ritual body postures are studied and taught under the tutelage of renowned anthropologist Felicitas Goodman. A psychologist in private practice in Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Gore earned her Ph. D. in counseling from Ohio State University.
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