Sometimes it’s hard to know where the human mind can take us. I found a couple of unusual stories about trance-like states.

Mass trance afflicts Indonesian women, factory workers

By Sunanda Creagh

Sun Feb 24, 8:24 PM ET

Indonesian media reported a group trance among workers at Bentoel’s cigarette factory in Malang, Java, in March 2006. Hidajat interviewed 30 of the affected women for her research.

“They told me that when it happened, they were sitting in a very long hall, working together in rows, rolling the cigarettes by hand,” she said.

“They were working in silence. That’s one of the requirements of a trance to happen — it’s usually quiet and when they are engaged in monotonous activity.”

Suddenly, one of the workers started screaming and her body went stiff. The one next to her started crying and went stiff too. Others tried to help but soon they started too in a kind of domino effect.

A local Muslim leader was summoned, but his prayers had no effect. Eventually, the exhausted women fell asleep and when they awoke they remembered nothing.

SOURCE:YAHOO NEWS

Over 50 girls succumb to hysteria

April 21, 2008

By SADIBOU MARONE

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — More than 50 school children underwent hospital treatment Friday after developing what educators called mass hysteria, marked by fainting and screaming.

“It’s the first time that I have seen such a phenomenon,” Sourang said.

“The phenomenon started in one of the classrooms,” Aidara said. “Three students, all girls, fell down. The same phenomenon was repeated 30 minutes later during recess.”

more here:CNEWS

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Sometimes it’s hard to know where the human mind can take us. I found a couple of unusual stories about trance-like states.

Mass trance afflicts Indonesian women, factory workers

By Sunanda Creagh

Sun Feb 24, 8:24 PM ET

Indonesian media reported a group trance among workers at Bentoel’s cigarette factory in Malang, Java, in March 2006. Hidajat interviewed 30 of the affected women for her research.

“They told me that when it happened, they were sitting in a very long hall, working together in rows, rolling the cigarettes by hand,” she said.

“They were working in silence. That’s one of the requirements of a trance to happen — it’s usually quiet and when they are engaged in monotonous activity.”

Suddenly, one of the workers started screaming and her body went stiff. The one next to her started crying and went stiff too. Others tried to help but soon they started too in a kind of domino effect.

A local Muslim leader was summoned, but his prayers had no effect. Eventually, the exhausted women fell asleep and when they awoke they remembered nothing.

SOURCE:YAHOO NEWS

Over 50 girls succumb to hysteria

April 21, 2008

By SADIBOU MARONE

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — More than 50 school children underwent hospital treatment Friday after developing what educators called mass hysteria, marked by fainting and screaming.

“It’s the first time that I have seen such a phenomenon,” Sourang said.

“The phenomenon started in one of the classrooms,” Aidara said. “Three students, all girls, fell down. The same phenomenon was repeated 30 minutes later during recess.”

more here:CNEWS

DOLPHINSPEAK CLICK HERE!

This entry was posted on Friday, May 9th, 2008 at 10:39 am and is filed under mysteries. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.