Marcia Moore

Marcia Moore (May 22, 1928 – January 14, 1979) was an American astrologer and yoga teacher brought to national attention through Yoga, Youth, and Reincarnation by Jess Stearn in 1965. She became a proponent ^[1] of the drug ketamine in her 1978 book, Journeys Into The Bright World, written together with her husband anesthesiologist Howard Alltounian. The book promoted the existential richness of the ketamine-induced dissociative experience, and the possibilities for using this drug in conjunction with Jungian psychotherapy.

In the winter of 1979, Moore disappeared. Her remains were found 2 years later in the woods near her home. It has been hypothesized^[2] that Moore had injected all the ketamine available to her on a winter night in the forest, became unconscious, and died of hypothermia. Her lower jaw skeleton was identified via dental records.

Marcia Moore was the sister of Robin Moore, author of The French Connection and The Green Berets.

Publications

• Reincarnation, the Key to Immortality, with Mark Douglas, Able Trust edition, ISBN 978-0-912240-02-2, 1968.
• Diet, Sex and Yoga, with Mark Douglas, Able Trust edition, ISBN 978-0-912240-00-8, 1970.
• Astrology in Action, with Mark Douglas, Able Trust edition, ISBN 978-0-912240-03-9, 1970.
• Journeys into the Bright World, Para Research Inc, ISBN 978-0-914918-12-7, 1978.
• Astrology: The Divine Science, Able Trust edition, ISBN 978-0-912240-04-6, 1978.
• Yoga, Science of the Self, with Mark Douglas, Arcane Publications York Harbor, ASIN: B0006X5POC, 1979.

References

1. ^ Palmer, Cynthia; Horowitz, Michael. Sisters of the Extreme: Women Writing on the Drug Experience, Park Street Press (2000), ISBN 0892817577, pp. 254-255.
2. ^ Jansen, Karl. Ketamine: Dreams and Realities, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Stud (2001), ISBN 0966001931. (Moore and Alltounian are extensively featured in this book, including quotations from Journeys into the Bright World and comments on ketamine use made by Alltounian after Moore's death.)

See also

• John C. Lilly
• D. M. Turner

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Name	Moore, Marcia
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Short description	American astrologer and astrological writer
Date of birth	May 22, 1928
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Date of death	January 14, 1979
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