Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Understanding Trance and Altered States of Consciousness 3
What Is Trance? 3
What Is the Difference between Our Conscious and Unconscious Mind? 4
Can We Actually Measure Consciousness in the Brain? 4
What Are Altered States of Consciousness? 6
ASCs In Healing 16
ASCs in Acquiring Knowledge 17
ASCs In Social Situations 17
A Personal Journey into Healing With ASCs 19
Neuro Linguistic Programming 19
Hypnosis 21
Advanced NLP and Much More 23
Fire Walking 26
Plant Medicine 29
Hypnotic Processes 33
Hypnosis 33
Personal Practice 34
Demystifying Hypnosis 37
Approaches to Hypnosis 40
Direct Authoritarian Induction (Elman) 41
Multiple Embedded Metaphors Components of Hypnosis 45
Theories of Hypnosis 49
Past Life Regression 53
Reincarnation 55
Transmigration 56
Memory Recall 57
Karma 60
The Process of Regression 62
Sensory Acuity 62
Releasing Judgement 63
Relaxation 65
Safety 66
Phobias 67
Choice 68
Learning 70
Time Transformation Techniques (T3) 71
The Origins 71
Process Development 73
The Storage of Time 75
Identifying a Root Cause 76
Shamanistic Practices of Using ASCs 80
What Is Shamanism? 82
Shamanic Journeying 86
Soul Loss and Retrieval 88
Shapeshifting 94
The Path of Pollen 100
Plant Medicine 104
Avahuasca 106
The Cactus of Vision - San Pedro 112
Peyote 113
Sacred Mushrooms 118
The Use of Hallucinogens in Medieval Europe 119
Combining Anthropology with Biology 120
The Hawaiian Mystical System 120
Breath and Healing 128
Aka 130
Prayer 134
Ho'oponopono 136
Fire Walking 139
The Anastenarian Approach 145
Personal Experience 149
Sun Dancing 151
Religious Ceremony 152
Lakota Tradition 154
Conducting the Sun Dance 156
Piercing 159
Duration 159
In Conclusion 164
A Final Word 173
References 174
Journal articles 174
Books 174
Internet 179
