[HN Gopher] What is trance? The complex relationship between sha...
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       What is trance? The complex relationship between shamans and
       'trance' (2011)
        
       Author : adamnemecek
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2021-05-28 17:47 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | foobarian wrote:
       | Kind of an aside, but I found the Mongol shaman depictions in the
       | Turkish show "Dirilis: Ertugrul" absolutely delightful. Example
       | scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZcAw4tChlc
        
       | sdwr wrote:
       | I understand consciousness as containing a lot of "optimizing
       | for"s, lenses that we keep track of our lives through. Daily life
       | is restrictive, and "optimizing for" not making a scene, not
       | being wrong, or just conserving energy naturally leads to a
       | defensive posture. Trance states are a way of bridging the gap
       | between that local optima (which is largely about saying no to
       | internal impulses), and more open emotional expression.
        
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