{"id":175,"date":"2010-11-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-06T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hypnosisinmedia.com\/blog\/?p=175"},"modified":"2010-11-05T09:50:35","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T13:50:35","slug":"the-science-of-santeria-do-a-little-happy-trance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hypnosisinmedia.com\/blog\/175\/the-science-of-santeria-do-a-little-happy-trance\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Science of Santeria: Do a Little Happy Trance\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tis the sea\u00adson of the dead: from Hal\u00adloween to All Sain\u00adt\u2019s Day, when tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly Chris\u00adt\u00adian soci\u00adeties ven\u00ader\u00adate those who have passed on. But for prac\u00adti\u00adtion\u00aders of the Afro-Cuban phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy of San\u00adter\u00eda, the line between the dead and liv\u00ading knows no sea\u00adson; it\u2019s almost always a shad\u00adowy one.<\/p>\n

Afro-Cuban emi\u00adgre Philbert Armenteros, founder of the Mia\u00admi band Los Herederos (The Inher\u00adi\u00adtors), says his music can chan\u00adnel impor\u00adtant mes\u00adsages from the gods of his African ancestors.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt puts (lis\u00adten\u00aders) in a dif\u00adfer\u00adent dimen\u00adsion, one that allows them to expe\u00adri\u00adence cleans\u00ading, puri\u00adty and inner peace,\u201d Armenteros told Dis\u00adcov\u00adery News.<\/p>\n

Armenteros lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly means a dif\u00adfer\u00adent dimen\u00adsion. When he drums and chants in a cer\u00adtain sequence, some of his lis\u00adten\u00aders are lulled into a trance.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The arti\u00adcle (here<\/a>) starts with the expect\u00aded cap\u00adsule his\u00adto\u00adry of the reli\u00adgion of San\u00adte\u00adria then diverges into a sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion on trance and its con\u00adnec\u00adtion with var\u00adi\u00adous reli\u00adgions around the world.<\/p>\n

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Social sci\u00aden\u00adtists say that trances, a behav\u00adior com\u00admon to all kinds of world reli\u00adgions, is bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal, but also caused by learned behavior.<\/p>\n

Accord\u00ading to Dr. Peter Naish, a senior lec\u00adtur\u00ader in cog\u00adni\u00adtive psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy at the Open Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty in the U.K., asym\u00admet\u00adri\u00adcal brains \u2014 those whose two hemi\u00adspheres process infor\u00adma\u00adtion at dis\u00adpro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate speeds \u2014 are more capa\u00adble of play\u00ading the hal\u00adlu\u00adci\u00adna\u00adto\u00adry tricks indica\u00adtive of hyp\u00adno\u00adsis and trance.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The abstract<\/a> itself describes how the exper\u00adi\u00adments were car\u00adried out:<\/p>\n

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Abstract:<\/em> Par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpants of low and high hyp\u00adnot\u00adic sus\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty were test\u00aded on a tem\u00adpo\u00adral order judge\u00adment task, both with and with\u00adout hyp\u00adno\u00adsis. Judge\u00adments were made of the order of pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion of light flash\u00ades appear\u00ading in first one hemi-field then the oth\u00ader. There were dif\u00adfer\u00adences in the inter-stim\u00adu\u00adlus inter\u00advals required accu\u00adrate\u00adly to report the order, depend\u00ading upon which hemi-field led. This asym\u00adme\u00adtry was most marked in hyp\u00adnot\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly sus\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpants and reversed when they were hyp\u00adno\u00adtized. This implies not only that brain activ\u00adi\u00adty changes in hyp\u00adno\u00adsis, but also that there is a dif\u00adfer\u00adence in brain func\u00adtion between peo\u00adple of low and high hyp\u00adnot\u00adic sus\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty. The lat\u00adter exhib\u00adit\u00aded a faster-act\u00ading left hemi\u00adsphere in the wak\u00ading state, but faster right when hypnotized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I should point out that this is yet anoth\u00ader exper\u00adi\u00adment demon\u00adstrat\u00ading the exis\u00adtence of trance and hyp\u00adno\u00adsis by show\u00ading the phys\u00adi\u00adcal dif\u00adfer\u00adence between the wak\u00ading and trance states. One inter\u00adest\u00ading item from the arti\u00adcle is that while peo\u00adple high\u00adly sus\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble to trance states have a promi\u00adnent role in these cer\u00ade\u00admonies, peo\u00adple with low sus\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty to trance also have a role as guides and translators.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Jason Pit\u00adzl-Waters at The Wild Hunt<\/a> blog for point\u00ading this out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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