Ecstasy (emotion)
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Ecstasy is a subjective experience of total involvement of the subject with an object of their awareness. In classical Greek literature, it refers to removal of the mind or body "from its normal place
The Ecstasy of St. Theresa by Gianlorenzo Bernini (1652). Left transept of Santa Maria della Vittoria (17th century) in Rome.
St Filippo Neri in Ecstasy by Guido Reni
Ecstasy, by Jean Benner (Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art)
Religious ecstasy
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Religious ecstasy is a purported form of altered state of consciousness characterized by greatly reduced external awareness and reportedly expanded interior mental and spiritual awareness, frequently
Ecstasy (emotion)
…to denote states of awareness of non-ordinary mental spaces, which may be perceived as spiritual (the latter type of ecstasy often takes the form of religious ecstasy). From a psychological perspective, ecstasy is a loss of self-control and sometimes a temporary loss of consciousness, which is often associated with…
A Cherub piercing the heart of Saint Teresa of Avila while in religious ecstasy. Oil on canvas. Giuseppe Bazzani, circa 1750.
The religious ecstasy of Saint Teresa of Avila of the Carmelite Order
St. Rose of Lima, who was canonised in 1671, 54 years after her death
The Ecstasy of St. Catherine of Siena by Pompeo Batoni