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
Joseph of Cupertino
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Joseph of Cupertino, OFMConv was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar and mystic and venerated as a saint. According to traditional Franciscan accounts, he was "remarkably unclever", but experienced
Religious ecstasy
…Pio of Pietrelcina – 20th-century Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic (1887–1968) Joseph of Cupertino – Italian Franciscan friar Rabia Basri – Female Sufi scholar and saint (died 801), mystic poet…
St. Joseph of Cupertino is lifted in flight, by Placido Costanzi (17th century)