Phenomena related to semi-consciousness include awakening, implicit memory, subliminal messages, trances, hypnagogia and hypnosis. The saint was prone to religious ecstasy and mystical trances. During these meetings, worshipers would sing, chant, dance and sometimes enter ecstatic trances. In trances shamans may ask their ancestors or various nature spirits for guidance. The commissioners learned about Mesmeric theory, and saw its patients fall into fits and trances. People have been entering into hypnotic-type trances for thousands of years. Some of the elders and religious leaders communicate with spirits through trances and hypnosis. From this he infers that psilocybin-induced trances were a feature of both cultures. In 1933, Shah was absorbed in his meditation and mystic trances. The monsters awaken from their trances and a fight ensues. Attenders anticipated and had emotional conversion experiences, with crying, trances, and exaltation. Practitioners of the art would fall into trances or dance to perform supernatural tasks. As a child he had spontaneous trances. Dreams and trances provided a very different venue for interaction. During its ceremonies, however, participants often go into trances.