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The present work is centered in the paper that the trance states could have in the Ancient World. We begin the study in the old Mesopotamia and Egypt, passing then to Greece, Carthage, Rome and we conclude in the Canary Islands, populated by groups of North African Berbers in th…

This interdisciplinary study in comparative literature reconceptualizes hypnosis as an aesthetic activity in light of the phenomenology of novel reading, literary theory, and narrative ethics. It begins by tracing the history of hypnotism in the medical literature, from Mesmer, …

The myth of Tejājī, a minor Hindu snake-healing deity, is performed in the context of healing rituals in many locations in Rajasthan. After discussing the origin of the myth and its migration to the area of Chittorgarh, I concentrate on the ritual of healing performed in the loc…