Trance

while the chaos reaches a point of organization. Connie Willis uses multiple events, examples and a specific character in her novel to support and show her ideas concerning the chaos theory. For example, Friedrich Kekule’ that had fallen into the trance on top of a bus and seen chains of carbon atoms dancing around wildly and then saw one of the carbon chains put its tail in its mouth, forming a ring. This was how he ended up discovering the benzene ring which led to the revolutionizing of…

She also provides examples detailing individuals’ claims that the dead responded with thumping, knocking and involuntary writing, and how the departed have made personal appearances in the form of spirit control and manipulation during hypnotic trances. Braude argues that spiritualism was “a central agent of feminism” (192). She uses several examples taken from…

Some cultures consider dissociative trances to be a part of their cultural or religious practices (Sue, Sue, Sue, & Sue, 2014). These trances would not be a qualifying factor when looking at the criterion for dissociative identity disorder. However, it is crucial to consider that cultural factors do help to shape the form DID presents itself…

Dance, Theatre and Religion: A Balinese Case Study Southeast Asia is a highly diverse region, home to myriad ethnicities, religions, practices, beliefs, values, languages, cultures and traditions. The variety of performance art, dance and theatre found in Southeast Asia “is almost staggering” (Brandon, 1967, p. 1). Some examples of performance art, dance and theatre found in Southeast Asia include “shadow plays in Java, dramatic folk rituals in Bali, masked pantomime in Thailand, spirit…

forth the dead owner if they had something important to do with the object. Occasionally mediums can hear music playing from the object if it had some importance’s to the object. When accessing this energy the medium or sensitive can go into a full on trance as he or she views the past. They are allowed to recreate the past and it feels as if they were there themselves experiencing it (Brad 105-106). It is easier for a medium to draw the energy from a personal objects that have been worn…

You can lay down and observe the sparkling stars wander above the darkened sky. Or even see shooting stars dance through the night like 4th of July sparklers. When scanning the darkness you can easily be put into trance when your eyes catch on to the lightened Milky Way Galaxy. The night sky has too many aspects to be explored about the beautiful sky. Things you never thought you could see. In order to experience this, you will need to find that special place during…

From a long time, effective aids of interrogation are sought after. Studies have shown that uncooperative accused or subjects do no give up information about cases vey easily. The most common and impatient way is torture, which in todays times is not at all preferred. In various cases police investigations direct methods of interrogation have produced better results than physical coercion which has proved to be painstaking and time consuming. When manipulative and hardened offenders are…

In the horror novel Dracula, Bram Stoker utilizes the symbolic elements in the story to create the theme that any good can defeat any evil(or the mystery solving process). Specifically, the symbolic elements help establish the integrity and beliefs of the main characters. The allusions to christianity and garlic help characterize Dracula as the blood-sucking demon he is. The novel begins with Jonathan staying in a town near Castle Dracula. The night before he travels, the innkeeper “tak[es] a…

This course is different to those being taught at that time. We investigated the latest and most radical archaeology which proved the historical accuracy of the Bible, even though written by a non-Christian. David Rohl radically reshaped the history of Israel in his book ‘A Test Of Time.’1 Rohl questioned the false basis for the timeline of Egyptian kings and in doing so he swept away hundreds of years of unbelief. I dared to teach this radical stuff to my pupils. I dared to teach that the…

shaman to relate what he/she has achieved to the people, who fully appreciate the kinds of interactions. A statement such as this is not in any way new or surprising. Both Megan Biesele (1978) and Lewis-Williams (1988) emphasize Bushman shamans, once a trance state has been achieved and necessary tasks undertaken within the spirit realm, recounting their experiences to the members of their community. These recollections "no matter how…