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| | Encyclopedia: Religious ecstasy |
 | | Religious ecstasy is a trance-like state characterized by expanded mental and spiritual awareness and is frequently accompanied by visions, hallucinations, and physical euphoria. | | | That ecstasy is related to somnambulism or the trances of spirit mediums. | | | Religious ecstasy can be distinguished from spirit possession and hypnosis in that ecstasy is not accompanied by a loss of consciousness or will on the part of the subject experiencing it. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Religious-ecstasy
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| | Religious ecstasy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Religious ecstasy is a trance-like state characterized by expanded mental and spiritual awareness and is frequently accompanied by visions, hallucinations, and physical euphoria. | | | Religious ecstasy can be distinguished from spirit possession and hypnosis in that ecstasy is not accompanied by a loss of consciousness or will on the part of the subject experiencing it. | | | Indeed, ecstasy is the primary vehicle for the type of prophetic visions and revelations found in the Bible. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_ecstasy
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| | Facts about topic: (Ecstasy (drug)) |
| | Ecstasy affects the regulation of the body's internal systems. | | | Morgan's analysis of 17 studies showed that ecstasy users had a slight tendency to be more impulsive and depressed than controls. | | | The use of ecstasy can be very dangerous when combined with other drugs (particularly monoamine oxidase inhibitors (Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate) (MAOIs) and antiretroviral drugs (additional info and facts about antiretroviral drugs)). |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/e/ec/ecstasy_(drug).htm
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| | Ecstasy (drug) - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch |
| | Ecstasy affects the regulation of the body's internal systems. | | | The use of ecstasy can be very dangerous when combined with other drugs. | | | MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), most commonly known today by the street name ecstasy, is a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family whose primary effect is to stimulate the brain to rapidly secrete large amounts of serotonin, causing a general sense of openness, empathy, energy, euphoria, and well-being. |
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http://encyclopedia.worldsearch.com/ecstasy_(drug).htm
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| | Urantia Book, Paper 91: Section 7 -- Mysticism, Ecstasy, And Inspiration |
| | Religious ecstasy is permissible when resulting from sane antecedents, but such experiences are more often the outgrowth of purely emotional influences than a manifestation of deep spiritual character. | | | Genuine spiritual ecstasy is usually associated with great outward calmness and almost perfect emotional control. | | | Unrestrained mystical enthusiasm and rampant religious ecstasy are not the credentials of inspiration, supposedly divine credentials. |
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http://www.ubfellowship.org/newbook/ppr091_7.html
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| | Ecstasy |
| | Ecstasy when taking on the form of rapture is frequently accompanied by a "carrying-away" sensation (related in its concrete form to levitation of the body). | | | Ecstasy is said to be a psycho-physical condition that accompanies the apprehension of what one personally experiences as the ultimate reality. | | | Religious ecstasy, such as discussed by mystic-theologians including Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Meister Eckhart, may be the experience that is thought by faith to be an anticipation of the beatific vision - the ultimate and eternal experience of being in the presence of God. |
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http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/e/ecstasy.html
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| | On the Neuropsychology of Religious Experiences |
| | The fact that he did not have a religious experience emphasizes the importance of the mindset that a subject enters a drug facilitated altered state of consciousness with in determining whether or not he or she has a religious experience. | | | The PPI was then used in some studies to measure religious experience as it was associated with temporal lobe behavior. | | | By nurturing those underlying neuropsychological processes that facilitate religious experience, religious leaders and institutions might develop religious practices that are more efficient in producing significant subjective religious experiences in their practitioners. |
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| | Ecstasy |
| | Ecstasy when taking on the form of rapture is frequently accompanied by a "carrying-away" sensation (related in its concrete form to levitation of the body). | | | Ecstasy is said to be a psycho-physical condition that accompanies the apprehension of what one personally experiences as the ultimate reality. | | | Religious ecstasy, such as discussed by mystic-theologians including Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Meister Eckhart, may be the experience that is thought by faith to be an anticipation of the beatific vision - the ultimate and eternal experience of being in the presence of God. |
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http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/e/ecstasy.html
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| | MYSTICISM - Ecstacy |
| | is the symbol of this state: ecstasy is its expression. | | | Of all the subjective experiences of religion, ecstasy is that which has been most urgently, perhaps to the psychologist most convincingly asserted; and it is not confined to any one religion. | | | All mystics agree in regarding such ecstasy as an exceptionally favourable state; the one in which man's spirit is caught up to the most immediate union with the divine. |
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http://www.gnostic.org/underhill/mysticism1_0-ecstacy.html
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| | Macrocosm/Microcosm: Lecture 1: The World Behind the Tapestry of Sense-perceptions. Ecstasy and Mystical Experience. |
| | In the state of ecstasy, the Ego, which is one member of the human being, has been abandoned; and in sleep another member too is abandoned, for the astral body goes out of the physical body as well, and with this departure of the astral body the possibility of consciousness is eliminated. | | | We may therefore say that man's sleep is a kind of ecstasy — a condition in which he is outside his body not merely in respect of his Ego, but also in respect of his consciousness. | | | Whereas in ecstasy the Ego alone is extinguished, in sleep the faculty of perception and the consciousness too, are obliterated. |
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http://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/19100321p01.html
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| | god.html |
| | My interviews confirmed a quality of Ecstasy that is seldom acknowledged: it enables the user to have deeper and more wholehearted experiences, but the type of experience depends on their underlying concerns. | | | As I was interviewing the monks I could not help but be impressed how different was their experience of Ecstasy to my own, even though I had gone out of my way to try to explore every aspect of the drug. | | | Using Ecstasy while trying to pray removes these obstacles and, although he only uses Ecstasy two or three times a year, the experience makes prayer easier at other times and has provided him with valuable insights such as "a very deep comprehension of divine passion". |
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http://www.ecstasy.org/info/god.html
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| | 9803.sufecst.tn |
| | In the state of ecstasy, which may be followed by unconsciousness, the mind undergoes a transforma- tion whose nature is not described. | | | thus ecstasy is not emotion, but can be tinged or composed within or by emotion. | | | to characterize a state of ecstasy is to describe its content or its formulation. |
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http://www.luckymojo.com/esoteric/religion/islam/sufism/9803.sufecst.tn
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| | Religious Ecstasy - Maharaji - Elan Vital - Cult |
| | Religious ecstasy can be studied from as many points of view as there are disciplines in the scientific study of religion. | | | But there is also a physiological aspect to the experience of ecstasy; and a physiological study of ecstasy might bring to light new facts that would add to our general knowledge of the phenomenon and perhaps lead to a better understanding of it from other points of view, too. | | | I have previously mentioned or described several ecstasy techniques, all of which have one thing in common: all affect the body in one way or another. |
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http://www.ex-premie.org/papers/religious_ecstasy.htm
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| | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS |
| | Shamanism is set of religious-magical behaviors as defined by Eliade or the "magick of ecstasy." Shamanism is a set of beliefs and behaviors. | | | Ecstasy is a state of intense joy beyond rational thought. | | | The word ecstasy comes from the Greek word, ekstasis meaning to be placed outside, or to be placed. |
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http://www.geocities.com/athens/troy/7922/FAQ.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ecstasy |
| | The first three errors here mentioned are psychological in nature; they fail to estimate at its proper value the content of ecstasy; the other false theories spoken of identify this state with certain morbid physical or psychological conditions. | | | Ecstasy is always accompanied by noble attitudes of the body, whereas in hospitals one often marks motions of the body that are convulsive or repelling; barring, of course, any counter-command of the hypnotist. | | | Ecstasy, we are told, is but another form of lethargy or catalepsy. |
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| | As a matter of fact, according to Fischer, Catholic mystic ecstasy is a state reached by means of stimulating techniques (probably through intense emotional activation) and should be considered as the final stage of the ergotrophic continuum. | | | This is the condition of ecstasy, a state in which the speed of the processor goes back to normal, the operating program is that of wakefulness, but the data being processed are completely hallucinatory because they no longer come from the outside but originate directly from the inside of the central nervous system itself. | | | The hypnagogic state (which is one of the possible modified states of consciousness) only lasts a few minutes and, although we all find it very pleasant, it is not incisively recorded in the list of our interior experiences. |
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http://www.cesil.com/0700/INGLESE/margen4.htm
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| | CSP - 'Ecstasy: A Way of Knowing' by Andrew M. Greeley |
| | If one reads what those who have experimented with drug-induced ecstasy write, it seems reasonably clear that "turning off" or, to use the phrase current among young people, "getting stoned," is by no means an automatic guarantee of rapture. | | | It may well be possible that the human race is capable of developing a chemical agent that is harmless and will guarantee either the predisposition toward ecstasy or the experience itself. | | | On the other hand, in this book drug-induced ecstasy is not excluded from consideration. |
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| | EDITOR'S CHOICE: Mysticism |
| | This ecstasy is confined to the body consciousness, the disciplined or undisciplined vital, the illumined or unillumined mind, the pure or impure heart. | | | But the mystical ecstasy transports us at once into the Beyond, where we are embraced by the eternal Life, fed by the all nourishing Light and blessed by the transcendental Truth. | | | Mysticism fully advanced is now offering its ecstasy in infinite measure to the liberated souls and in abundant measure to the souls who are on the verge of liberation. |
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http://www.adishakti.org/_/mysticism_1.htm
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| | Ecstasy: E For Enlightenment In Religious Users |
| | Because their intention and expectation was focused towards religious experience, that's what they got. | | | In fact it was widely used by therapists in the seventies before it became known as a street drug, and licensed psychiatrists have been using it in Switzerland up till this year. | | | The doctor simply called in 20 incurable patients and gave them E, then sat back and watched. |
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http://www.a1b2c3.com/drugs/x_14.htm
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| | Religious Ecstacy |
| | Because ecstasy is an indication from the subconsciousness (or rather the supraconscious, see the article on Roberto Assagioli) that further growth beyond the ego possible, because the ego is but a momentary stage that can be left behind if you want to become fully mature and happy. | | | For ecstasy appears to be undermining all our certainties and all of our fixed patterns of behavior. | | | The ego of the elderly ensures this subconscious repression because ecstasy tends to be very dangerous for the mental structures of the ego. |
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http://home.planet.nl/~brouw724/Ecstacy.html
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| | First Bardo |
| | The first ecstasy usually ends with a momentary flashback to the ego condition. | | | The simile of a needle balanced and set rolling on a thread is used by the lamas to elucidate this condition. | | | In the realm of the Clear Light, similarly, the mentality of a person in the ego-transcendent state momentarily enjoys a condition of balance, of perfect equilibrium, and of oneness. |
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http://www.lycaeum.org/books/books/psychedelic_experience/tib21.html
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| | Salon.com People The disunited states of ecstasy |
| | The State of Ecstasy conference is being touted as the "first of its kind," a place where researchers, academics, therapists, drug advocates and anti-drug crusaders -- along with a healthy dose of blissful drug users -- can sit down and talk about the love drug and its rise in American culture. | | | In those days, before ecstasy was made illegal, the Shulgins guided hundreds of people through therapy sessions with the drug. | | | He is here today, at the State of Ecstasy conference, because he is interested in "dialogue" about the drug; and because the conference's organizer, Marsha Rosenbaum, is a good friend of his. |
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http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/02/05/xconf
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| | Human - Open Encyclopedia |
| | Sexual desire is experienced as a bodily urge, often accompanied with strong emotions both positive (such as love or ecstasy) and negative (such as jealousy or hate). | | | See also: God, Soul, Atman, Karma, Mystic, Ritual, Ecstasy (state), Sacrifice, Korban, Salvation, Resurrection, Incarnation, Reincarnation, Prayer, Worship, Morality, Conscience. | | | The human individual is the subject experiencing the human condition. |
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http://open-encyclopedia.com/Human
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| | chap9.htm |
| | In this work the basic knowledge of Sexual Ecstasy from Ancient Wisdom, as taught by the Summa Individuals, has been given to you. | | | To heighten the state of sexual ecstasy, you may want to combine oral stimulation on the shaft of the penis with manual stimulation of the external prostate area or (G) spot. | | | for sharing the ecstasy at a spiritual level is possible in this position. |
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http://www.groundline.net/church/books/ecstacy/chap9.htm
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| | Rational Ecstasy?: Conditions of Possibility of Entheogenic Practice in the Modern US |
| | My project addressed this problem of mediation and integration by examining the religious use of LSD in the 1960s, the entheogenic use of the Jivaro of Ecuador, and the religious ecstasy of Pentecostalism. | | | While entheogenic use in the 1960s often exacerbated modern alienation, it is clear that this need not be the case and, through appropriate ritual, such use can provide an opportunity to integrate oneself into the social world, to achieve a more holistic and unified existence. | | | I examined the means by which they were successful and the ways in which they mediated between both ecstatic experience and daily life, and between the religious group and society at large. |
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| | Ecstasy Serotonin |
| | Toxicity of Ecstasy, a review paper by Dr Leon van Aerts, 1997... | | | Use of the recreational drug Ecstasy causes a severe reduction in the amount of serotonin in the brain, according to a... | | | 1.1 The use of ecstasy is commonly associated with reduction of aggression and increase in empathy between individuals under the influence. |
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| | Cakes for the Queen of Heaven: 2,500 Years of Religious Ecstasy |
| | This is a useful approach to an understanding of what has been happening on the religious scene in the past few years. | | | The core proposition is expanded today by many into a fully religious view of the world -- if you will, into Astartism desecularized. | | | Religiously, I believe that Jeremiah was right in his faith in the utterly transcendent God who created heaven and earth, who moves history, and who bids us do his work in the world. |
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http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1577
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| | Recreational Use Of The Drug "Ecstasy" Causes New Kind Of Brain Damage |
| | "The lack of obvious immediate harmful effects of Ecstasy is partly responsible for the widely held belief that the drug is safe," said Ricaurte. | | | Following this regimen, which is similar to that used by recreational Ecstasy users at all-night parties, they found that in addition to serotonin deficits, which the drug has been known to cause for some time, the monkeys unexpectedly developed severe, long-lasting brain dopamine deficits. | | | Then, using a variety of techniques to look at a region of the brain called the striatum, they found that 60 percent to 80 percent of the dopaminergic nerve endings were destroyed. |
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/09/020927070316.htm
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| | [extropy-chat] Re: John Wright Finds God |
| | Why is it that not one factual assertion brought back from the grip of religious ecstasy has been surprising, checkable, and right?" I thought of these arguments, Samantha, and yet it occurred to me that if I was caught in the grip of such a powerful religious experience, I might not *want* to think them. | | | I now know that it is possible for a rationalist to cut through to the correct answer even after suffering a religious ecstasy. | | | Schizophrenia is constant and defeats the frontal lobes of reflectivity, destroying both emotional balance and the ability to use reason to correct it. |
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http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/2004-December/011965.html
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| | PowWeb Community Forums - Ecstasy: Good, or Bad? |
| | however, this thread was merely to discuss the politics behind drugs, and, simply because i may not have an interest in trying out ecstasy, this does not mean i do not have an interest in the discussion. | | | Perhaps these stories will give you a more balanced perspective on the negative side-effects of ecstasy and related drugs. | | | I was talking about a state of ecstasy like Mother Theresa or Ghandi might have had... |
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http://forum.powweb.com/printthread.php?t=18529
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