A state in which the soul seems to have passed out of the body into another state of being, or to be rapt into visions; an ecstasy.
A condition, often simulating death, in which there is a total suspension of the power of voluntary movement, with abolition of all evidences of mental activity and the reduction to a minimum of all the vital functions so that the patient lies still and apparently unconscious of surrounding objects, while the pulsation of the heart and the breathing, although still present, are almost or altogether imperceptible.
I love to put on lotion. Sometimes I'll watch TV and go into a lotion trance for an hour. I try to find brands that don't taste bad in case anyone wants to taste me. Angelina Jolie
We are all in a post-hypnotic trance induced in early infancy. R. D. Laing
In a way, film and television are in the same sort of traumatic trance that print journalism is. The technology has outpaced our comprehension of its implications. Tony Kushner
Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices are not you... they're a little away from you. Barry Hannah
I must confess I knew very little about the trance scene, I'm more house and commercial dance but it was really interesting and different. Sophie Ellis Bextor
