Reigns of Trance reads as a collage of some of the differing, sometimes complementary-sometimes contradictory accounts the author encountered while researching the life and work of Komfo Anokye. It presents the varying accounts, on one level, to familiarize readers with the posture of the legendary healer, nation builder, law maker, warrior king and magician towards life and his storied attainments to help us rethink (im)possibility. The focus however is on how he is perceived and spoken of.