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.