2004/07/13 by Kathryn A. Becker‐Blease · 1 citation
Medicine · Arts and Humanities · Psychology · Chemistry · #Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments #Mental Health and Psychiatry #Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs #Trance #Psychology #Meditation #Dissociation (chemistry) #Altered state #Dance #Consciousness #Dissociative #Cognitive psychology #Aesthetics #Art #Visual arts #Philosophy #Sociology #Clinical psychology #Anthropology #Chemistry #Theology
paper · doi:10.1300/j229v05n02_05
openalex publication_date 2004/07/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
ABSTRCT Music has long been associated with altered states of consciousness. In recent years, the popularity of New Age/ambient and trance music has grown. New Age/ambient music includes quiet, contemplative music commonly used by individuals for relaxation and meditation. In contrast, trance music is repetitive, rhythmic music often played at dance parties to produce trance states among a group of dancers. Both genres of music are used to produce dissociative, trance-like states, but in different ways. This article provides an overview of these relatively new forms of music and their relationships to dissociation. Similarities and differences between these modern forms of music and more ancient forms are discussed.