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Trance Collection

Background imageTrance Collection: The Dance of Dervishes, c1870. Artist: W Forrest

The Dance of Dervishes, c1870. Artist: W Forrest
The Dance of Dervishes, c1870. Whirling dance and practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey

Background imageTrance Collection: Dancing Dervishes, Folio from a Divan of Hafiz, ca. 1480. Creator: Bihzad

Dancing Dervishes, Folio from a Divan of Hafiz, ca. 1480. Creator: Bihzad
Dancing Dervishes, Folio from a Divan of Hafiz, ca. 1480

Background imageTrance Collection: Mrs Françoise Leijoncrona, 1700. Creator: Michael Dahl

Mrs Françoise Leijoncrona, 1700. Creator: Michael Dahl
Mrs Francoise Leijoncrona, 1700

Background imageTrance Collection: Ecstasy of Saint Francis, 1809. Creator: William Say

Ecstasy of Saint Francis, 1809. Creator: William Say
Ecstasy of Saint Francis, 1809

Background imageTrance Collection: The Carbuncle, plate three from Zehn Blätter zu Hebels Alemannischen Gedichten, 1820

The Carbuncle, plate three from Zehn Blätter zu Hebels Alemannischen Gedichten, 1820. Creator: Sophie Reinhard
The Carbuncle, plate three from Zehn Blatter zu Hebels Alemannischen Gedichten, 1820. Ten leaves of Hebel's Alemannic poems

Background imageTrance Collection: Shaman and shamanka, 1862. Creator: Karlis Huns

Shaman and shamanka, 1862. Creator: Karlis Huns
Shaman and shamanka, 1862. Sheet 54 from the album "Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie", volume 1

Background imageTrance Collection: Dancing Dervishes, Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, recto: ca. 1610; verso: ca. 1530-50

Dancing Dervishes, Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, recto: ca. 1610; verso: ca. 1530-50

Background imageTrance Collection: Buffalo Dance - Mandan, 1861. Creator: George Catlin

Buffalo Dance - Mandan, 1861. Creator: George Catlin
Buffalo Dance - Mandan, 1861. The men of the tribe dance night and day, until the buffaloes return

Background imageTrance Collection: The Inside of a Mosque, the Dervishes Dancing (Aubry de La Mottrayes '

The Inside of a Mosque, the Dervishes Dancing (Aubry de La Mottrayes " Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa... " London, 1724, vol. I, pl. 16), 1723-24

Background imageTrance Collection: Mercury and Argus, ca. 1630-1648. Creator: Simone Cantarini

Mercury and Argus, ca. 1630-1648. Creator: Simone Cantarini
Mercury and Argus, ca. 1630-1648

Background imageTrance Collection: The Pied Piper of Hamelin, 1868. Creator: Henry Marsh

The Pied Piper of Hamelin, 1868. Creator: Henry Marsh
The Pied Piper of Hamelin, 1868. After John La Farge

Background imageTrance Collection: Hypnotism, 1891

Hypnotism, 1891. Male hypnotist putting a young woman into an hypnotic trance. Animal magnetism or hypnotism had a revival at the end of the 19th century

Background imageTrance Collection: Worship in Russia, 1903

Worship in Russia, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 19th July 1903

Background imageTrance Collection: Hypnosis subject suffering from imaginary toothache, 1891

Hypnosis subject suffering from imaginary toothache, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin

Background imageTrance Collection: Subject going into a hypnotic trance, 1891

Subject going into a hypnotic trance, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot (1825-1893)

Background imageTrance Collection: Subjects hypnotised by the sound of a gong, 1891

Subjects hypnotised by the sound of a gong, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot

Background imageTrance Collection: Hypnotised subject in a state of catalepsy, 1891

Hypnotised subject in a state of catalepsy, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot

Background imageTrance Collection: Hypnotised subjects attracted by a matchbox, 1891

Hypnotised subjects attracted by a matchbox, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley giving a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot

Background imageTrance Collection: Haida tribe Native American figure of a medicine man

Haida tribe Native American figure of a medicine man
Haida tribe Native North American wooden figure of a shaman prepared for burial. The inscription says: This man was lost in the woods. He fell and broke both legs and was found as represented here

Background imageTrance Collection: Snake charmer with cobra, in Sri Lanka

Snake charmer with cobra, in Sri Lanka

Background imageTrance Collection: Dervishes, Constantinople, Turkey, 1853

Dervishes, Constantinople, Turkey, 1853. Dervishes, members of a Muslim religious order founded in the 12th century, dancing

Background imageTrance Collection: Dervishes, 19th century

Dervishes, 19th century. Dervishes, members of a Muslim religious order founded in the 12th century, dancing and performing the ritual of remembering God in a self-induced ecstatic trance

Background imageTrance Collection: Hypnotic trance induced during Voodoo dance rites, Louisiana, USA, 1886

Hypnotic trance induced during Voodoo dance rites, Louisiana, USA, 1886. Voodoo is a synthesis of Roman Catholic and West African magic and beliefs


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