Are the people hypnotized asleep?
The subject is normally not asleep, but extra aware, even though the word “sleep” is often used to equate the experience to a restful state. It stems from a Portuguese priest Abbe Faria who dramatically was the first to use the word to induce his subjects outside a monastery achieving a convincing and dramatic effect. The term hypnosis, however, originates from the Greek word “Hypnos”, meaning sleep.
