states of ecstasy

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• Ecstasy (emotion) — Ecstasy is subjective experience of total involvement of the subject with an object of his or her awareness. Because total involvement with an object of our interest is not our ordinary experience since we are ordinarily aware also of other… …   Wikipedia

• Ecstasy — • Offers details of false views Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecstasy     Ecstasy     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• ecstasy, mysticism, and hallucinations —    The term ecstasy comes from the Greek noun ekstasis, which has a variety of meanings and connotations, including departure, dismissal, mental derangement, and poignancy. In the present context it translates loosely as being outside oneself .… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• ecstasy — /ek steuh see/, n., pl. ecstasies. 1. rapturous delight. 2. an overpowering emotion or exaltation; a state of sudden, intense feeling. 3. the frenzy of poetic inspiration. 4. mental transport or rapture from the contemplation of divine things.… …   Universalium

• ECSTASY —    literally means standing outside of oneself and has traditionally been applied to those PSYCHIC or spiritual states which are supposed to seize MYSTICS and/or PROPHETS …   Concise dictionary of Religion

• ecstasy — n. a sense of extreme wellbeing and bliss. The word applies particularly to trance states dominated by religious thinking. While not necessarily pathological, it can be caused by epilepsy (especially of the temporal lobe) or by schizophrenia or… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Religious ecstasy — For related topics, see ecstasy (emotion) and ecstasy (philosophy). Spiritual ecstasy is an altered state of consciousness characterized by greatly reduced external awareness and expanded interior mental and spiritual awareness which is… …   Wikipedia

• Gall v. United States — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants = Gall v. United States ArgueDate = October 2 ArgueYear = 2007 DecideDate = December 10 DecideYear = 2007 FullName = Brian Gall v. United States of America USVol = USPage = Docket = 06 7949 CitationNew = 552 U.S. ;… …   Wikipedia

• Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act — The Reducing Americans Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act, commonly known as the RAVE Act, was a bill proposed in the United States Senate during the 107th Congress. A substantially similar law, the Illicit Drug Anti Proliferation Act was passed during …   Wikipedia

• Spirit of Ecstasy — The Spirit of Ecstasy is the name of the mascot (hood ornament) on Rolls Royce cars. It is in the form of a woman leaning forwards with her arms outstretched behind and above her. Billowing cloth running from her arms to her back resembles… …   Wikipedia

• Fumbling Towards Ecstasy — Infobox Album | Name = Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Type = Album Artist = Sarah McLachlan Released = October 22, 1993 = February 15, 1994 Recorded = Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec Genre = Pop Length = Label = Nettwerk/Arista Producer = Pierre… …   Wikipedia