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
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
Dionysus
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In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus is the god of wine-making, orchards, fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known a
Religious ecstasy
…Dominican friar and philosopher (1225–1274) experienced an ecstasy during a church-service towards the end of his life that caused him to stop writing. Dionysos / Bacchus – Ancient Greek god of winemaking and wine, religious ecstasy and ritual madness. Teresa of Avila – Spanish Carmelite mystic and saint (1515–1582…
Second-century Roman statue of Dionysus, after a Hellenistic model (ex-coll. Cardinal Richelieu, Louvre)
Dionysus extending a drinking cup (kantharos) (late sixth century BC)
Dionysus triumph, a mosaic from the House of Poseidon, Zeugma Mosaic Museum.
Golden naiskos with Dionysus, 2nd cent. BC.