On Waking Trance (Article)

Hypnosis is well-known for being connected with the idea of sleep -- the term “hypnosis” itself implying this, and the very concept coming from a historical background which to some degree equated the two. As hypnokinksters, we know that this is an erroneous relationship, but there is still a lot of focus given to the image of a subject slumped in a chair with eyes closed, seemingly nonresponsive.

“Waking trance” may seem like an oxymoron, and indeed, it doesn’t fully describe the nuance involved in terms of an accurate model of hypnosis. To understand better how we can utilize “waking” trance and how it works, we should first strive to understand a little bit more about hypnosis itself and start examining our motivations for why we want to explore this.