altered consciousness
81gonzo journalism — noun A form of journalism in which facts are deemed to be less important than perceived underlying truth (especially where deliberately altered consciousness is involved) …
82aspidomancy — noun a) divination by entering or sitting on a circled area, or sitting on a shield, to summon an entity or go into a state of altered consciousness to gain prophetic knowledge. b) divination by the examination of a shield …
83Mutism — The inability or unwillingness to speak. A person who is mute cannot or does not care to talk. Someone who was mute was said to be dumb, not in the sense of being stupid, but in the sense of being devoid of the power of speech. The term mutism is …
84Bufotoxine — Toutes les espèces connues de crapauds produisent des toxines [1],[2] …
85dissociation and hallucinations — The term dissociation comes from the Latin words dis (apart, away from each other) and asso ciare (to gather, to unite). It was used as early as 1889 by the French philosopher and hypnotist Pierre Marie Félix Janet (1859 1947), and may have… …
86Hashimoto encephalopathy — a type of encephalopathy that occasionally accompanies Hashimoto disease, characterized by altered consciousness, confusion, and sometimes myoclonic seizures …
87dreamy state — a state of altered consciousness lasting for a few minutes and accompanied by hallucinations; associated with temporal lobe lesions. See also temporal lobe epilepsy, under epilepsy, and petit mal status, under status …
88About the Authors — Graham Harvey is a lecturer in religious studies at the Open University in Great Britain. His research interests include discourses and performances of identity creation and maintenance among Jews, Pagans, and indigenous peoples. Some of his… …
89hypnosis — [hip nō′sis] n. pl. hypnoses [hip nōsēz΄] [ModL: see HYPNO & OSIS] 1. a trancelike condition usually induced by another person, in which the subject is in a state of altered consciousness and responds, with certain limitations, to the suggestions …
90trance — [trans, träns] n. [ME < OFr transe, great anxiety, fear < transir, to perish < L transire, to die, lit., go across: see TRANSIT] 1. a state of altered consciousness, somewhat resembling sleep, during which voluntary movement is lost, as… …
