What is trance?
Trance is a natural state of consciousness during which the mind becomes less linear and analytical than in the waking state, entering into what might be called “passive attention”. If you have ever become so immersed in a television program that you lost track of time or didn’t hear your name when it was called, you are familiar with trance. If you’ve ever driven an automobile for an extended period, sitting passively behind the steering wheel for hours at a time and later remembered little of what happened, you have been in trance. During trance the mind is inwardly focused and only passively attentive to the outer environment. Further, it is much more receptive to suggestion than usual; within certain boundaries one becomes less critical of incoming information. It should be mentioned, however, that a person in trance does not act in a manner contrary with deeply held values. Occasionally, people harbor misconceptions about hypnosis and trance because movies and science fiction thri
