Trance Type

Associated Documents (3)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Bourguignon, ErikaAltered states of consciousness within a general evolutionary perspective: a holocultural analysis
Winkelman, Michael JamesTrance states: a theoretical model and cross-cultural analysis
Bourguignon, ErikaA cross-cultural study of dissociational states

Associated Hypotheses (10)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Bourguignon, ErikaSocial stratification, jurisdictional hierarchy, economic production, and use of agriculture will be associated with trance type (199-200, 205).
Winkelman, Michael JamesThere will be a relationship between amnesia and trance state, particularly possession
Winkelman, Michael JamesThere will be a relationship between the presence of tremors/convulsions and trance states, particularly possession
Winkelman, Michael JamesThere will be a relationship between illness and trance states, particularly possession
Winkelman, Michael JamesThere will be a relationship between spontaneous onset of conditions and trance states, particularly possession
Winkelman, Michael JamesThere will be a relationship between compulsive motor behavior and trance states, particularly possession
Winkelman, Michael JamesThe variables related to temporal lobe discharges are predictors of trance type
Winkelman, Michael JamesTemporal lobe conditions will be associated with selection for some trance training
Bourguignon, ErikaPossession belief will be related to trance types (13).
Bourguignon, ErikaTrance types will be associated with societal characteristics (47-68).

Associated OCMs

  1. shamans and psychotherapists
  2. ecstatic religious practices
  3. revelation and divination