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Popular Article: Trance

The Oracle at Delphi, oil painting, John Collier, 1891

Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the directions of the person (if any) who has induced the trance. Trance states may be induced by various means or occur involuntarily and unbidden. The trance state may be associated with hypnosis, meditation, channeling, prayer, and altered states of consciousness. The person may experience healing, or in cases of religious ecstasy they may have visions of spirits and receive revelations.

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-title=Adam and Eve|
+title=Trance|
-image_name=Strang, The Temptation.jpg|
+image_name=Collier-priestess of Delphi.jpg|
-image_desc=Eve tempting Adam|
+image_desc=The [[Pythia|Oracle at Delphi]], oil painting, [[John Collier (painter)|John Collier]], 1891 |
-text='''Adam''' and '''Eve''' were the first man and woman created by [[God]], according to the [[Bible]] and the [[Qur'an]]. The story of Adam and Eve is central to the widely held belief that God created human beings to live in a [[Paradise]] on earth, although they fell away from that state and formed the present world full of suffering and injustice. It provides the basis for the belief that humanity is in essence a single family, with everyone descended from a single pair of original ancestors. It also provides much of the scriptural basis for the doctrine of [[Original Sin]], an important belief in [[Christianity]], although not shared by [[Judaism]] or [[Islam]].
+text='''Trance''' is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the directions of the person (if any) who has induced the trance. Trance states may be induced by various means or occur involuntarily and unbidden. The trance state may be associated with [[hypnosis]], [[meditation]], [[mediumship|channeling]], [[prayer]], and [[altered states of consciousness]]. The person may experience healing, or in cases of [[religious ecstasy]] they may have visions of [[spirit]]s and receive [[revelation]]s.
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