ASCID Trance, Hypnotic Trance, Just Trance

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Responses of Ss on the Altered States of Consciousness Induction Device (ASCID) were scored for hypnotic depth on the LeCron-Bordeaux Scale to compare ASCID with hypnotic experience. The ASCID is a movable platform suspended from a single point upon which Ss are rocked. Under these conditions, Ss entered a light to medium trance, although specific experiences reported ranged from those characteristic of light to those characteristic of very deep trance. Similar data were obtained with a group of Ss asked to experience themselves in a trance, although the relative frequencies of specific experiences were different. Both seem related to conventional hypnosis but different from it and one another. Altered syndromes of consciousness may be a better term for this area of investigation than altered states.

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