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Trance
A hypnotic, cataleptic, or ecstatic state.
The term trance is applied to a state of inwardly focused attention during which a person, although not asleep, shows little awareness of the immediate environment and exhibits a minimal response to stimuli; i.e., the detachment from one's physical surroundings, as in contemplation or daydreaming, a semiconscious state, as between sleeping and waking; a daze.
Throughout history, in various cultures, states of ecstatic trance have been regarded as a means of gaining spiritual visions and special powers. The body of the entranced individual is thought of as being suspended between life and death, while the mind is free to explore higher realms. Sometimes the body is also trained to exhibit unusual capabilities by means of trance, as in certain yogic practices.
The term trance is now also applied to somewhat similar states brought on through trauma or drug use. The state induced by hypnosis, however, commonly differs in some ways from that of a true trance.
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Sources: (1) Dictionary of the Occult, Caxton Publishing; (2) The Encyclopaedia Britannica Eleventh Edition Handy Volume Edition, Oxford University Press; (3) Gochenour P., Mesmerism: a Theory of the Soul, Gale Group.
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