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hypnagogianoun
Hypnagogia is characterized by dreamlike auditory, visual, or tactile sensations when half-awake.
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Hypnagogia
Hypnagogia is the experience of the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep: the hypnagogic state of consciousness, during the onset of sleep. Its opposite state is described as hypnopompic —the transitional state from sleep into wakefulness. Mental phenomena that may occur during this "threshold consciousness" phase include hypnagogic hallucinations, exploding head syndrome, lucid dreaming, and sleep paralysis. The latter two phenomena are themselves separate sleep conditions that are sometimes experienced during the hypnagogic state.
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Hypnagogia
Hypnagogia is the experience of the transitional states to and from sleep: the hypnagogic and the hypnopompic states of consciousness. The related words from the Greek are agōgos "leading, inducing", pompe "act of sending", and hypnos "sleep". "Hypnagogia" entered the popular psychology literature through Dr Andreas Mavromatis in his 1983 thesis, while "hypnagogic" and "hypnopompic" were coined by others in the 1800s and noted by Havelock Ellis. The term "hypnagogic" was originally coined by Alfred Maury to name the state of consciousness during the onset of sleep. "Hypnopompic" was coined by Frederic Myers soon afterwards to denote the onset of wakefulness. The term "hypnagogia" is used by Dr Mavromatis to identify the study of the sleep-transitional consciousness states in general, and he employs hypnogogic or hypnapompic for the purpose of identifying the specific experiences under study. Mental phenomena that occur during this "threshold consciousness" phase include lucid dreaming, hallucinations, and sleep paralysis.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hypnagogia in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hypnagogia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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