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== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==
Trance is from [[Latin]] '[[transīre]]': ''to cross'', ''pass over'' and the multiple [[meaning]] of the [[polyvalent]] [[homonym]] "entrance" as a [[verb]] and [[noun]] provide insight into the nature of trance as a [[threshold]], [[conduit]], [[Portal (architecture)|portal]] and/or [[channel]].
Trance is from [[Latin]] 'transīre': ''to cross'', ''pass over'' and the multiple [[meaning]] of the polyvalent homonym "entrance" as a verb and noun provide insight into the nature of trance as a threshold, conduit, [[Portal]] and/or [[channel]].
Trance, n. [F. 'transe' fright, in OF. also, trance or swoon, fr. 'transir' to chill, benumb, to be chilled, to shiver, OF. also, to die, L. 'transire' to pass over, go over, pass away, cease; trans across, over + ire to go; cf. L. 'transitus' a passing over. See Issue, and cf. Transit.
Trance, n. [F. 'transe' fright, in OF. also, trance or swoon, fr. 'transir' to chill, benumb, to be chilled, to shiver, OF. also, to die, L. 'transire' to pass over, go over, pass away, cease; trans across, over + ire to go; cf. L. 'transitus' a passing over. See Issue, and cf. Transit.
An [[intransitive]] usage of the [[verb]] 'trance' now obsolete is 'to pass', 'to travel'.
An intransitive usage of the verb 'trance' now obsolete is 'to pass', 'to travel'.
[a. F. transe fem., in OF. transe m. and f., passage, passage from life to death (St. Alexis, 12th c.), great apprehension or dread of coming evil (15th c. in Littré); verbal n. f. F. transir to pass, depart (esp. from life), to die (12th c.), also (later) to benumb or be numbed by fear or cold, ad. L. trans{imac}re to pass over, cross, f. trans across + {imac}re to go. (Cf. Sp. trance danger, last stage of life, Pg. trance, transe a dreadful circumstance; cf. It. transito ‘a passage or going over; also a trance’ Florio).
[a. F. transe fem., in OF. transe m. and f., passage, passage from life to death (St. Alexis, 12th c.), great apprehension or dread of coming evil (15th c. in Littré); verbal n. f. F. transir to pass, depart (esp. from life), to die (12th c.), also (later) to benumb or be numbed by fear or cold, ad. L. trans{imac}re to pass over, cross, f. trans across + {imac}re to go. (Cf. Sp. trance danger, last stage of life, Pg. trance, transe a dreadful circumstance; cf. It. transito ‘a passage or going over; also a trance’ Florio).
*4. attrib. and Comb., as trance-coma, faculty, -medium, -mediumship, music, -personality, -sleep, speaker, -state, -subject, -utterance, -writing; trance-bound, -eyed, -like adjs.
*4. attrib. and Comb., as trance-coma, faculty, -medium, -mediumship, music, -personality, -sleep, speaker, -state, -subject, -utterance, -writing; trance-bound, -eyed, -like adjs.
==Quote==
==Quote==
1. While they may have practiced deception in minor matters, the great majority of the [[shamans]] believed in the fact of their [[spirit]] possession. Women who were able to throw themselves into a '''trance''' or a cataleptic fit became powerful shamanesses; later, such women became [[prophet]]s and spirit mediums. Their cataleptic trances usually involved alleged communications with the ghosts of the dead. Many female shamans were also professional [[dance]]rs.[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper90.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper90.html&line=39#mfs]
1. While they may have practiced deception in minor matters, the great majority of the [[shamans]] believed in the fact of their [[spirit]] possession. Women who were able to throw themselves into a '''trance''' or a cataleptic fit became powerful shamanesses; later, such women became [[prophet]]s and spirit mediums. Their cataleptic trances usually involved alleged communications with the ghosts of the dead. Many female shamans were also professional [[dance]]rs. ([[90:1|90:1.3]])
2. There is great danger associated with the habitual practice of religious daydreaming; mysticism may become a technique of [[reality]] avoidance, albeit it has sometimes been a means of genuine [[spiritual]] [[communion]]. Short seasons of retreat from the busy scenes of life may not be seriously dangerous, but prolonged isolation of [[personality]] is most undesirable. Under no circumstances should the <u>trance</u>like state of visionary [[consciousness]] be cultivated as a religious [[experience]].[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper100.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper100.html&line=101#mfs]
2. There is great danger associated with the habitual practice of religious daydreaming; mysticism may become a technique of [[reality]] avoidance, albeit it has sometimes been a means of genuine [[spiritual]] [[communion]]. Short seasons of retreat from the busy scenes of life may not be seriously dangerous, but prolonged isolation of [[personality]] is most undesirable. Under no circumstances should the <u>trance</u>like state of visionary [[consciousness]] be cultivated as a religious [[experience]]. ([[100:5|100:5.8]])
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