
Reissue: How Trance States Shape the World
The Emerald
The Pathologizing of Trance in the West
When we pathologize trance states, ecstatic states, intuitive states, we play into a fractured and fraught history that is deeply intertwined with colonialism. Trance tends to be the domain, in many cultures, of women. Yet trance always finds ways to express and people find ways to get their tranc on because we need tranc we need states of rapture. When we understand trance as a central human drive, we can start to regularize and ritualize our own longings for trance. We can maybe notice why we're reaching for the luminous screen at that moment or why the news anchor has us spellbound. And instead, we can seek the state of flow in ways that reinforce inner
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