Parable or William Branham Occult Trance?

William Branham did not understand the meaning and usage of the word "parable" in the Bible and used the word "parable" interchangeably with the word "trance". As a result, listeners who would have otherwise considered his "Message" to be a strange mixture of Christianity and the occult were often unaware that Branham practiced spiritualism. According to Branham, when he "took up a parable", he "entered the other dimension".

A parable is a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson. In the New Testament, Jesus Christ used parables as a means to simplify these spiritual lessons in ways that everyone could understand — from adults to children. Since Branham's versions of "parables" were describing his being in the state of a trance, however, they were not easily understood. In fact, Branham himself did not fully understand them. When he went into "another dimension", he did not understand what was being said to him.

According to spiritualists, there are various self-hypnosis techniques to enter a light, medium, or deep trance. One of the techniques is to focus deeply on repetitive primal rhythms, beats, and sounds. When William Branham described his method to enter a trance, this is the technique that was used. Branham described repeating a phrase over and over, slightly faster in a rhythm. When he did so, Branham described his "whole being caught away".

Trance:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/trance 

Chanting Mathematics:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/chanting_mathematics