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 +"Thus the same manifestations are to be observed in each case : cries, songs, music, violent movements, [[dance]]s, the search for [[excite]]ants which raise the vital level, etc."--''[[The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life]]'' (1912) by Émile Durkheim, tr. Joseph Swain
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 +[[Image:The Ecstatic Virgin Anna Katharina Emmerich.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This page '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is part of the [[mysticism]] series.
 +<br><small>Illustration: ''[[The Ecstatic Virgin Anna Katharina Emmerich]]'' by (1885) by Gabriel Cornelius von Max</small>]]
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 +'''Ecstasy''' is a category of [[altered state of consciousness|altered states of consciousness]] or [[trance]]like states in which an individual transcends ordinary [[consciousness]] and as a result has a heightened capacity for exceptional [[thought]], intense concentration on a specific task, extraordinary physical abilities or intense [[emotional]] [[experience]]. This heightened capacity is typically accompanied by diminished awareness of some other matters. For instance, if one is concentrating on a physical task, then one might cease to be aware of any intellectual thoughts. On the other hand, making a spirit journey in an ecstatic trance involves the cessation of voluntary bodily movement. Subjective perception of time, space and/or self may strongly change or disappear during ecstasy.
 +==See also==
 +* [[Altered state of consciousness]]
 +* [[Ecstasy (philosophy)]]
 +* [[Entheogen]]
 +* [[Flow (psychology)]]
 +* [[Mysticism]]
 +* [[Poem of Ecstasy]]
 +* [[Religious ecstasy]]
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"Thus the same manifestations are to be observed in each case : cries, songs, music, violent movements, dances, the search for exciteants which raise the vital level, etc."--The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (1912) by Émile Durkheim, tr. Joseph Swain

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Ecstasy is a category of altered states of consciousness or trancelike states in which an individual transcends ordinary consciousness and as a result has a heightened capacity for exceptional thought, intense concentration on a specific task, extraordinary physical abilities or intense emotional experience. This heightened capacity is typically accompanied by diminished awareness of some other matters. For instance, if one is concentrating on a physical task, then one might cease to be aware of any intellectual thoughts. On the other hand, making a spirit journey in an ecstatic trance involves the cessation of voluntary bodily movement. Subjective perception of time, space and/or self may strongly change or disappear during ecstasy.

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