exstasis

The yogins had always main­tained that avoiding the five prohibitions would lead to “infi­nite happiness,” but by deliberately cultivating these positive states of mind, such exstasis could surely be redoubled.

Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001

Such exstasis, a word that literally means “to stand outside the self,” has nothing to do with the craving and greed that characterize so much of our waking lives.

Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001

He had transcended him­self, achieved an exstasis, and discovered an enhanced

Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001

He represented, through the century that followed the physical departure of the Christ, the spirit of mystic devotion that sought the exstasis, the vision of and the union with the

Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries Annie Wood Besant 1890

This latter, however, divorced from knowledge, rarely attained the true exstasis, and tended either to run riot in the lower regions of the invisible worlds, or to lose itself amid a variegated crowd of subtle superphysical forms, visible as objective appearances to the inner vision -- prematurely forced by fastings, vigils, and strained attention -- but mostly born of the thoughts and emotions of the seer.

Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries Annie Wood Besant 1890