Ecstasy

Ecstasy may refer to:

  • Ecstasy (emotion), a trance or trance-like state in which a person transcends normal consciousness
  • Religious ecstasy, a state of consciousness characterized by expanded spiritual awareness, visions or absolute euphoria
  • Ecstasy (philosophy), a term used to mean "outside-of-itself"
  • Ecstasy, a colloquial term for the drug MDMA

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Famous quotes containing the word ecstasy:

    The Beloved begins to undress. The lover is in an ecstasy of suspense. The Theater of Love.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    In our rhythm of earthly life we tire of light. We are glad when the day ends, when the play ends; and ecstasy is too much pain.
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    The lion shall never lie down with the lamb. The lion eternally shall devour the lamb, the lamb eternally shall be devoured. Man knows the great consummation in the flesh, the sensual ecstasy, and that is eternal. Also the spiritual ecstasy of unanimity, that is eternal. But the two are separate and never to be confused.
    —D.H. (David Herbert)