The word “somnambulist” is the label for sleepwalkers. Erickson and other hypnotists use the word to also describe a person who enters a trance state from which they emerge with full amnesia (a total forgetting) of the trance, and everything that occurred during it, just like sleepwalkers when they awaken. Can Creator share with us what’s behind sleepwalking and why it affects some people but not others?

What is taking place when a person is sleepwalking is that, in effect, they have a hypnotist on board directing the body to carry out movement that is purposeful. It is not a human hypnotist putting them into trance, and then using that trance state to gain their cooperation to follow suggestions of the hypnotist, to put them through their paces, so to speak, and put on a show or demonstration of the seeming command of the hypnotist over the individual. What is taking place is a spirit possession phenomenon. One or more of the spirits in residence within an individual's energy will find a way to take over the reins of the person's subconscious and command it to carry out a series of movements and actions, and that is what is observed when someone is sleepwalking, there is a spirit basically directing their mind to walk about, perhaps raid the refrigerator, or do other activities that the person will not recall at all upon awakening. This is a vulnerability of the human mind to be commandeered and directed by another consciousness. It can be used for useful purposes but, in the case of intruding spirits, it is a violation of personal sovereignty and never in the best interest of the host to be put at risk by having an intruder taking over their body. It is fortunate that sleepwalking is not uniformly exhibited by people who are possessed by spirits, otherwise 90% of humanity would be sleepwalkers, and this could create a lot of difficulty with people getting into trouble and having accidents.