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Dematerialized: The Mysterious Disappearance of Marcia Moore
The baffling true story of Marcia Moore—heiress, astrologer, and yoga master—who sacrificed her well-to-do life to study metaphysics and experiment with a mind-bending psychedelic, until her mysterious disappearance in 1979.
On a bitterly cold night in January of 1979, the heiress to the Sheraton Hotel fortune vanished without a trace. This is the true story of Marcia Moore—daring author, yoga teacher, astrologer, and occultist. She experimented with the psychotropic anesthetic ketamine, in the same vein as Timothy Leary’s consciousness-expanding research with LSD. Her interest in psychedelics has only added to the wild theories about Moore’s mysterious death in the four decades since.
Psychics, astrologers, and armchair sleuths have all had their say. Now it’s time to set the record straight. In 1980, famous true crime author Ann Rule referred to Marcia’s disappearance as “probably the strangest case I have ever written about. One day, there may be answers.” After years of painstaking research, this book reveals those answers about a case as multifaceted and intriguing as the woman who perished so tragically. This is the story of a bold woman, raised well-to-do and just a stone’s throw from Walden Pond, who took the road less traveled—and paid for it with her life.
On a bitterly cold night in January of 1979, the heiress to the Sheraton Hotel fortune vanished without a trace. This is the true story of Marcia Moore—daring author, yoga teacher, astrologer, and occultist. She experimented with the psychotropic anesthetic ketamine, in the same vein as Timothy Leary’s consciousness-expanding research with LSD. Her interest in psychedelics has only added to the wild theories about Moore’s mysterious death in the four decades since.
Psychics, astrologers, and armchair sleuths have all had their say. Now it’s time to set the record straight. In 1980, famous true crime author Ann Rule referred to Marcia’s disappearance as “probably the strangest case I have ever written about. One day, there may be answers.” After years of painstaking research, this book reveals those answers about a case as multifaceted and intriguing as the woman who perished so tragically. This is the story of a bold woman, raised well-to-do and just a stone’s throw from Walden Pond, who took the road less traveled—and paid for it with her life.
- GenresTrue Crime
448 pages, Hardcover
Published November 16, 2021
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September 29, 2022
The cover of the recent Marcia Moore true crime biography tells us much about the publisher and authors’ bias. The astrologer and yoga teacher is presented as a disturbed, evil child, looking like Madonna playing Baby Jane. Apparently it’s still difficult to overcome the centuries-old feeling that occult and metaphysical practitioners can be immoral, unscrupulous con-artists or unstable drifters.
Capitalizing on the current vogue for astrology and interest in the therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs, the authors do not overtly disparage astrology, yoga or past-life regression, but they nevertheless present a morality tale about the dangers of involvement in the metaphysical sphere. Marcia’s disappearance and death in Washington state in 1979 at the age of 50 drives the book, which unfortunately skews our understanding of Moore, her life and work. Read the full review on my blog: https://karenchristino.com/dematerial...
Capitalizing on the current vogue for astrology and interest in the therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs, the authors do not overtly disparage astrology, yoga or past-life regression, but they nevertheless present a morality tale about the dangers of involvement in the metaphysical sphere. Marcia’s disappearance and death in Washington state in 1979 at the age of 50 drives the book, which unfortunately skews our understanding of Moore, her life and work. Read the full review on my blog: https://karenchristino.com/dematerial...
January 22, 2024
She's a character straight out of a Michel Houellebecq novel. Very amusing. Pure female autism, bar none.
January 8, 2024
Picked up this after learning the connection of her son that was an open case within Maine for years. Its about 200 pages too long and overall weird, clunky and not what I expected....
February 25, 2025
This book was not well edited, but I'm giving it five stars because I'm so interested in the content. This mystery occurred in Snohomish Co. WA, where I live.
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