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Trance: History & Works
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 occur involuntarily and unbidden.
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Trance topic overview
The analysis highlights History and Works as prominent areas in the source structure around Trance.
Related topics
318
Source areas
10
Connected nodes
328
Extracted relationships
149
Related term clusters
41
Bridge connections
328
What this topic covers Research coverage
Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.
Trance induction and sensory modality · 144 topics
Types and varieties · 63 topics
History · 51 topics
Divination · 12 topics
Scientific disciplines · 12 topics
Trance states · 12 topics
Brainwaves and brain rhythms · 8 topics
Overview · 7 topics
Working models · 7 topics
Etymology · 2 topics
Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Specialty
Psychiatry
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Trance
4Consciousness · Anthropological · Altered states of consciousness
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Advanced semantic analysis
How Trance connects Entity context
Entity context groups extracted connections by relationship type. Counts show recurrence in the analyzed source; the examples are research signals, not claims about importance.
The extracted context around Trance shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Trance → Abraham Maslow, According, Acts, Agape, Although, Apostles Peter, Australian, Bacchae, Bacchantes, Bacchus, Bassarids, Bhakti, Bhakti-yoga, Bible, Catholic Encyclopedia, Christian, Christians, Communion, Devanāgarī, Different Another extracted example is Trance → Adventism, Adventists, American Christian, American Methodists, Christ, Emmanuel Movement, God, Holy Spirit, John Wesley, Jonathan Edwards, Lord, Methodist, New Thought, Pentecostals, Power, Spirit, Spiritualists, Taves, Typical. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
Relationships are represented as Subject → Predicate → Object triples. Confidence describes extraction strength, not the real-world importance of a relationship; lower-confidence rows may be contextual rather than explicit.
TTTA extracted 149 structured relationships around Trance. Examples in this analysis include Trance → Specialty → Psychiatry and Trance → is a → state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
Subject
Predicate
Object
Confidence
Src
Trance
Specialty
Psychiatry
1.00
infobox
Trance
is a
state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli
0.90
text
volition are disabled
instance of
as taking place on a dissociated trance plane where at least some cognitive functions
0.80
text
cannabis
instance of
and the consumption of psychotropic drugs
0.80
text
body position
instance of
the use of drumming by shamans to achieve a trance state could have been impacted by other factors
0.80
text
substance use
instance of
the use of drumming by shamans to achieve a trance state could have been impacted by other factors
0.80
text
and chanting
instance of
the use of drumming by shamans to achieve a trance state could have been impacted by other factors
0.80
text
loss of time or movement
instance of
the intensity of the trance can vary with some people experiencing a mix of temporal and spatial changes
0.80
text
computerized EEG
instance of
Brainwaves and brain rhythmsScientific advancement and new technologies
0.80
text
positron emission tomography
instance of
Brainwaves and brain rhythmsScientific advancement and new technologies
0.80
text
regional cerebral blood flow
instance of
Brainwaves and brain rhythmsScientific advancement and new technologies
0.80
text
and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
instance of
Brainwaves and brain rhythmsScientific advancement and new technologies
0.80
text
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Related concept clusters Related term clusters
Related term clusters group terms that sit near one another in the extracted graph. They are useful for discovering adjacent language and context, but proximity does not by itself imply a factual relationship.
The concept neighborhoods around Trance bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Drumming, Use and Experience. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
altered states of consciousness
Trance
Hypnosis
Induction
Consciousness
States
Driving
Sensory
State
May
Auditory
Religious
Kinesthetic
consciousness
Hypnosis
States
Trance
Sensory
State
Induction
Auditory
Religious
Experiences
Driving
Ecstasy
Spirit
ecstatic states
Trance
Experiences
Induction
Consciousness
Driving
Experience
May
Hypnosis
Kinesthetic
Ecstatic
Meditation
Mind
altered state of consciousness
Trance
Hypnosis
States
Drumming
Sensory
Consciousness
State
Induction
Ecstasy
Auditory
Religious
Experiences
higher consciousness
Hypnosis
States
Trance
Sensory
State
Induction
Auditory
Religious
Experiences
Driving
Ecstasy
Spirit
trance states
Trance
Drumming
Induction
Consciousness
Driving
Use
Experience
May
Hypnosis
Kinesthetic
Ecstatic
Experiences
trance induction and sensory modality
Kinesthetic
Sensory
Disciplines
Drumming
Driving
States
Sense
Trance
Auditory
Experiences
Use
Experience
ecstasy
Religious
Meditation
Traditions
Experiences
State
Hypnosis
Rituals
Use
States
Trance
Kinesthetic
Mystical
Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Semantic bridges connect parts of the graph that would otherwise be more separate. A bridge is a structural signal in this analysis, not a claim that the two topic areas are equivalent.
For Trance, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Trance with Trance induction and sensory modality. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.
Trance
Nodes329
Edges328
Triples149
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006079
Components1
Source & methodology
TTTA analyzes the structure around Trance to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Works, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
