Although hypnosis is falsely seen as a form of sleep, it is more accurately a state of intense, singular focus. As a result, although it is common to have someone “wake” from hypnosis—even hypnotists will use the expression—it is not technically accurate. It is more appropriate to say that a person emerges from a hypnotic state and returns to regular awareness.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Pamela Chen and Samantha Blossom, authors of the new The Mandarin Tree.
As modern Asian American mystics, we love to work with the heavenly creatures, or what you may know as mystical beings in...