What are the relations between the hypnosis practised in the West and the ancient Chinese practices that are Qigong and silent meditation? How does bringing their fundamental principles together allow us to understand them better?

Faced with the dead ends of a thinking limited to Western culture alone, this work argues that the viewpoint of Chan Buddhism (Zen in Japan) and of Taoism is better suited to explaining the healing phenomena that trance generates.

Seen in this new light, the various modulations of consciousness sought in hypnosis, Qigong and silent meditation reveal their complementarity. From then on, their harmonious combination opens up new perspectives, both in a care-based approach and in an approach of self-healing or spiritual opening.