religious ecstasy

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A state of overwhelming spiritual or devotional emotion.

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  • The medieval mystics often wrote about their experiences of religious ecstasy.
  • The statue's face is a perfect depiction of religious ecstasy.
  • During the ceremony, she fell into a state of religious ecstasy.
  • Some psychologists believe that religious ecstasy can be explained by neurological phenomena.
  • The whirling dervishes seek to achieve religious ecstasy through their dance.
  • Ancient texts are filled with accounts of prophets entering a state of religious ecstasy.
  • The congregation was swept up in a wave of religious ecstasy as the music swelled.
  • For him, the goal was not intellectual understanding but the feeling of religious ecstasy.
  • A state of deep meditation can sometimes lead to religious ecstasy.
  • He described the vision he had during a moment of profound religious ecstasy.