http://mindhacks.com/2009/06/17/possession-and-trance/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2009/06/17/possession-and-trance/#comment-5577 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:05:16 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/possession-and-trance/#comment-5577 The anthropologists Margaret Bateson and Gregory Bateson studied trance rituals in Bali and consulted the great hypnotherapist Dr Milton Erickson who recognized many similarities between this religious trance and the trance phenomena exhibited by his hypnotized patients.
I’m also reminded of the “crowd hysteria” and collective trance phenomena that can happen at pop concerts; so called Beatle Mania.
Thanks for posing all these links-very interesting.

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