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Trance
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trance
1. a hypnotic state resembling sleep
2. Spiritualism a state in which a medium, having temporarily lost consciousness, can supposedly be controlled by an intelligence from without as a means of communication with the dead
3. a type of electronic dance music with repetitive rhythms, aiming at a hypnotic effect

Trance 

a state of impaired consciousness during which automatic, seemingly sensible, and sometimes complex acts (such as walking on the street or traveling by public transportation) are performed. Acts performed during a state of trance are not recalled. Trance occurs mainly in connection with epilepsy, hysteria, and deep hypnosis. The term is also used to denote detached, ecstatic, and clairvoyant states.



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And his comments come weeks after Cheryl - married to Chelsea star Ashley Cole - admitted: "Simon's the most charismatic man I've ever met - it's like he's trancing you.
The second part included items associated with sangomas (diviner/healers) and inyangas (herbalists) who continue to use this traditional material in trancing and healing at the command of the ancestors: xiphandzi (tree branches believed to house ancestral spirits, from which beaded medicine horns and gourds dangled; Fig.
However, the question of Punan religiosity can usefully be considered in terms of Endicott's description of Batek religion: The few rituals the Bateks do have, such as the blood sacrifice and the singing and trancing sessions, do not follow rigidly fixed patterns.
 
 
 
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