The Ecstatic Experience: Healing Postures for Spirit Journeys (with CD)

Belinda Gore
Bear & Company (2009)
ISBN 9781591430964
Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (7/09)


Ecstasy!  Yes!  We all desire ecstasy and acquiring this through the postures passed down to us from the Egyptians, Africans, Mayans, Native Americans, as well as other ancient civilizations gives us the channel to achieve it. Belinda Gore, in “The Ecstatic Experience,” through much research and study, shows us ways to understand and use the ancient shamanic tools. 

The postures can be used for many types of journeys - healing, initiations of rebirth, divination, spirit journeying, as well as restoring inner balance.  Gore provides a 60-minute CD of trance rhythms to assist the person on the journey. 

I had so much fun with this book and CD.  It has been a long time since I went on dedicated spirit journeys or retrievals and it was good to reconnect with the inner soul through these shamanic rituals.  I took 20 days, a new posture every day, to go through the whole book.  I wanted to experience each one and find for myself which one I liked best, or the one that had the most affect on me.  And, actually at this point I’m not sure which one made the most change in me.  Each one is different, and needless to say each one gives a different experience. I am incorporating the various postures into my daily meditation.

Belinda Gore’s book “The Ecstatic Experience” is a much needed resource in the field of trance ecstasy.  She is giving us a concise and easy to implement set of tools to reach the deeper part of ourselves; the place where healing and transformation occurs.  Because of the ease of reading, this book is appropriate for beginners. The instructions are clear and easy to implement.

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