Ideas across traditions · consciousness · Hellenistic & Late Antique
ecstasy
Works in 15 traditions beyond Hellenistic & Late Antique attest this concept, on 1,828 cited pages. Translators have rendered it as “extasis”; a link through a rendering is marked as such, because another translator chose differently.
Also under: ecstasis · “extasis”
115works in other traditions, with a cited page
10works in Hellenistic & Late Antique, its home tradition on the maps
220further works where only a vocabulary list or keyword names it; not shown
1judged analogues in other traditions (a different word for a neighbouring idea)
Analogues, judged
A different word, in another tradition, that a reviewer judged to name a neighbouring idea. These are not attestations of ecstasy; each carries the reviewer’s confidence and reason.
- madness Renaissance & Early Modern Europe80%glossed 'madness or fury'; the Phaedrus divine madness is adjacent to ekstasis but a separate Greek term
In other traditions
Ordered by the earliest work in each tradition that attests the concept. Within a tradition, works run from earliest to latest by conventional composition date.
Hebrew & Jewish
- 500 BCEJob (Iyov)same word
- 20 CEPhilo of Alexandria (collected works)same word
- ecstasis — a state of being beside oneself/trancedivine and tranquil departure that is, a state of rapture or trance suddenly came upon the one endowed with virtue; forPhilonis Judaei Opera Omnia (Vol. 7), 1828, p. 21 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasis — a displacement or alterationtupor upon Adam, and he slept.] 1093 [The Lord God sent a stupor upon Adam, and he slept.] This is correct. For a stupor[Greek] Omnia quae extant opera, 1640, p. -555 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasishis matter, but that is not the current task. Therefore, we must return from this detour. The third meaning of this wordFirst Complete Latin Philo, 1554, p. 343 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 30 CEPhilo, On Dreams (De somniis)same word and a translator’s rendering
- ecstasis — being outside oneselfwith a blind mind. 6. Dianoia mind is the instrument of cognition of God and heavenly things, of heavenly wisdom, and ofSurviving Works of Philo of Alexandria (Vol. 7 - Indices), 1896, p. 194 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasis — a state of being beside oneself/trancedivine and tranquil departure that is, a state of rapture or trance suddenly came upon the one endowed with virtue; forPhilonis Judaei Opera Omnia (Vol. 7), 1828, p. 21 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1180Maimonides, Hilkhot Avodah Zarah (De idolatria)same word
Greek
- 400 BCEHippocratic corpus, Regimen IV (On Dreams)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 375 BCEPlato, Republic IX (the lawless desires in sleep) and Timaeus on the liversame word
- 340 BCEAristotle, Nicomachean Ethicssame word
Hermetic & Gnostic
- 150 CECorpus Hermeticum (I Poimandres; X; XI; XIII On Rebirth)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Ecstasis — trance/standing outside oneselfto one another is their Fortification in the Logos." 1 F. F. F., 557. This is the Egyptian counterpart of the PlotinianThrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. II, 1906, p. 319 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasis — ecstasyg better. Inspiration, therefore, is nothing other than souls being entirely occupied and contained by a god. From this,Pymander, Asclepius, and On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, 1532, p. 235 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasy — the state of being standing outside one's normal selfter state. Inspiration is therefore nothing other than the souls being occupied and held entirely by the god. From this,The Divine Pymander, Asclepius, and On the Mysteries, 1532, p. 234 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 150 CEHermetica, Corpus Hermeticum I (Poimandres, the vision in sleep)same word and a translator’s rendering
- ecstasy — a state of being outside oneselfconcerned with that generation of the mind which, when Hermes revealed it to Asclepius, caused him to be turned into anPimander. Asclepius. Crater Hermetis, 1522, p. -81 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Ecstasytasy a linen sheet containing four-footed beasts and creeping things, etc. In this kind of "departure of the mind" term:The Pymander of Hermes Trismegistus with the Commentary of Hannibal Rosseli, 1585, p. 12 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 200 CECorpus Hermeticum (Pimander / Poimandres)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Ecstasis — trance/standing outside oneselfto one another is their Fortification in the Logos." 1 F. F. F., 557. This is the Egyptian counterpart of the PlotinianThrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. II, 1906, p. 319 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasy — a state of being outside oneselfconcerned with that generation of the mind which, when Hermes revealed it to Asclepius, caused him to be turned into anPimander. Asclepius. Crater Hermetis, 1522, p. -81 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Ecstasytasy a linen sheet containing four-footed beasts and creeping things, etc. In this kind of "departure of the mind" term:The Pymander of Hermes Trismegistus with the Commentary of Hannibal Rosseli, 1585, p. 12 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 200 CECorpus Hermeticum (CH I Poimandres; X The Key; XI Nous to Hermes; XII On the common nous)same word and a translator’s rendering
- ecstasy — a state of being outside oneselfconcerned with that generation of the mind which, when Hermes revealed it to Asclepius, caused him to be turned into anPimander. Asclepius. Crater Hermetis, 1522, p. -81 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Ecstasytasy a linen sheet containing four-footed beasts and creeping things, etc. In this kind of "departure of the mind" term:The Pymander of Hermes Trismegistus with the Commentary of Hannibal Rosseli, 1585, p. 12 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 250 CEAsclepius (Latin Hermeticum)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 300 CEIamblichus, De mysteriis III (divine dreams and god-sent sleep)same word and a translator’s rendering
- ecstasis — ecstasyg better. Inspiration, therefore, is nothing other than souls being entirely occupied and contained by a god. From this,Pymander, Asclepius, and On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, 1532, p. 235 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasis — standing outside oneself/trancet that inspiration does not come from daemons , but from the gods. Add to this that enthusiasmos is not correctly calledOn the Mysteries, 1678, p. 111 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasy — the state of being standing outside one's normal selfter state. Inspiration is therefore nothing other than the souls being occupied and held entirely by the god. From this,The Divine Pymander, Asclepius, and On the Mysteries, 1532, p. 234 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 300 CEAsclepius (Latin Hermetic dialogue; on the soul, immortality and daimones)same word and a translator’s rendering
Early Christian & Monastic
- 200 CETertullian & Cyprian, De oratione / De dominica orationesame word and a translator’s rendering
- 210 CETertullian, De animasame word and a translator’s rendering
- ecstasis — a standing outside of oneselfe, yet are not seen to be done, are seen. For they are done in act, but in effect, they are not done. We call this powerWritings (1550), 1550, p. 694 · flagged as a term by the translator
- extasis — ecstasy/trances and revealed the secrets of the heart—if he gives some psalm, some vision, some prayer, insofar as it is spiritual, inTertullian — De carne Christi, De resurrectione, etc., 1480, p. 480 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 225 CEOrigen, De principiissame word
- 233 CEOrigen, On Prayer (Peri euchēs)same word
- 390 CEEvagrius Ponticus, Praktikos / On Thoughts / Antirrhetikossame word
- 390 CEEvagrius Ponticus, Praktikos / Kephalaia Gnostica / Chapterssame word
- 390 CEEvagrius Ponticus, Praktikos / On Prayer / Kephalaia Gnostikasame word
- 400 CENemesius of Emesa, De natura hominissame word
- 415 CEAugustine, De Genesi ad litteram XII (three kinds of vision)same word
- 420 CELausiac History (Palladius)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 420 CEPalladius, Lausiac Historysame word and a translator’s rendering
- 420 CEPalladius, Lausiac History (with Vitae Patrum)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 500 CEPseudo-Dionysius, Mystical Theologysame word and a translator’s rendering
- ecstasis — ecstasyall this vivification raptus rapture or being caught up , in which a man lives outside and above himself. Others call itCoelestis hierarchia. Ecclesiastica hierarchia. Divina nomina. Mystica theologia. Undecim epistolae. Undecim epistolae. , 1515, p. 105 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasis — ecstasythe love of any created thing or phantasm. That excess is called raptus rapture or transport , the jubilee of the heart,De mystica theologia lib. I. Commentarios pro theologia negativa, 1519, p. 25 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasy — a state of being outside oneselfa union have been torn away and removed. He did not only say "by a free departure," but "by a purely free departure" orIn Dionysii Areopagitae De mystica theologia, 1626, p. 145 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 500 CEPseudo-Dionysius, Mystical Theology & Divine Namessame word and a translator’s rendering
- ecstasis — ecstasyall this vivification raptus rapture or being caught up , in which a man lives outside and above himself. Others call itCoelestis hierarchia. Ecclesiastica hierarchia. Divina nomina. Mystica theologia. Undecim epistolae. Undecim epistolae. , 1515, p. 105 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasis — ecstasythe love of any created thing or phantasm. That excess is called raptus rapture or transport , the jubilee of the heart,De mystica theologia lib. I. Commentarios pro theologia negativa, 1519, p. 25 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasyato's philosophy, whom Ficino sought to reconcile with Christian doctrine. think that the divine power of Dionysus is anCelestial Hierarchy / Divine Names (Ficino), 1501-1600, p. 4 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 620 CEIsidore of Seville, Etymologiae XI / Sententiae / Differentiaesame word and a translator’s rendering
Indian
- 350 CEPatañjali, Yoga Sūtra with Vyāsa's bhāṣyasame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1000Yoga Vāsiṣṭha / Mokṣopāyasame word
- 1000Yoga Vāsiṣṭha (the dream worlds of Līlā, Lavaṇa, the hundred Rudras)same word
- 1200Yoga-vāsiṣṭhasame word
- 1640Tukārām, abhaṅgassame word
- 1886Ramakrishna (Kathāmṛta / Great Master)same word
Byzantine & Orthodox
- 630 CEMaximus the Confessor, Ambigua / Chapters on Love / Mystagogiasame word
- ecstasybe unknowingly stretched upward to Him who is beyond all essence and knowledge. For by the unattached and absolute pureOpera Omnia; cum Scholiis S. Maximi et Paraphrasi Pachymerae, 1615, p. 388 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasynknowingly toward union with Him who is beyond all being and knowledge. For by the unrestrained and absolute **ecstasy**Pseudo-Dionysius and Maximus Confessor Scholia, 875, p. 179 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 630 CEMaximus the Confessor, Centuries on Charity and other Kephalaiasame word
Syriac & Armenian
- 650 CEIsaac of Nineveh / Evagrius on dreams and the demons of the nightsame word
Arabic
- 940 CEal-Fārābī, al-Madīna al-fāḍila (Virtuous City) / al-Siyāsa al-madaniyyasame word
- 960 CEal-Niffarī, Mawāqif and Mukhāṭabātsame word
- 980 CESarraj, Kitab al-Lumasame word
- 980 CESarrāj, Kitāb al-Lumaʿsame word
- 988 CEal-Sarrāj, Kitāb al-Lumaʿsame word
- 1050Pseudo-Fārābī, Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam (Bezels of Wisdom)same word
- 1100al-Ghazālī on dreams (Iḥyāʾ, Book 40; Munqidh)same word
- 1108Ghazali, al-Munqidh min al-Dalalsame word
- 1108Ghazālī, Al-Munqidh min al-Ḍalālsame word
- 1108al-Ghazālī, al-Munqidh min al-ḍalāl (Deliverance from Error)same word
- 1230Ibn ʿArabī on the imaginal world (ʿālam al-mithāl) and dream (Futūḥāt, Fuṣūṣ ch. on Joseph)same word
Medieval Latin
- 1160Pseudo-Augustine (Alcher of Clairvaux), De spiritu et animasame word
- 1272Thomas Aquinas on dreams (Summa II-II q.95 a.6; commentary on De somniis)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1289Gertrude of Helfta, Legatus divinae pietatissame word
- 1290Gertrude of Helfta, Legatus divinae pietatis & Exercitia spiritualiasame word
- 1298Angela of Foligno, Memoriale / Instructionssame word
- 1298Angela of Foligno, Memorialesame word
- 1300Marguerite Porete, Mirror of Simple Soulssame word
- 1315Dante, Purgatorio (the three dreams)same word
- 1334Heinrich Suso, Horologium Sapientiae / Little Book of Eternal Wisdomsame word and a translator’s rendering
- ecstasy — a state of spiritual tranceis very true sentence of Job: The life of man in this world is a warfare. In the midst of this he was again caught up inOeuvres spirituelles, 1586, p. 418 · flagged as a term by the translator
- extasis — ecstasyne continues from previous page: Having heard this, present ly melting with the sweetness of love and placed as if in anPulcherrimum sapientie horologium, 1511, p. 26 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1334Henry Suso, Horologium Sapientiae / Büchlein der ewigen Weisheitsame word and a translator’s rendering
- ecstasy — a state of spiritual tranceis very true sentence of Job: The life of man in this world is a warfare. In the midst of this he was again caught up inOeuvres spirituelles, 1586, p. 418 · flagged as a term by the translator
- extasis — ecstasyne continues from previous page: Having heard this, present ly melting with the sweetness of love and placed as if in anPulcherrimum sapientie horologium, 1511, p. 26 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1334Henry Suso, Horologium sapientiae / Büchlein der ewigen Weisheitsame word and a translator’s rendering
- ecstasy — a state of spiritual tranceis very true sentence of Job: The life of man in this world is a warfare. In the midst of this he was again caught up inOeuvres spirituelles, 1586, p. 418 · flagged as a term by the translator
- extasis — ecstasyne continues from previous page: Having heard this, present ly melting with the sweetness of love and placed as if in anPulcherrimum sapientie horologium, 1511, p. 26 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1340Jan van Ruusbroec, Spiritual Espousalssame word
- 1340Jan van Ruusbroec, Die geestelike brulocht (Spiritual Espousals)same word
- 1350Johannes Tauler, sermonssame word and a translator’s rendering
- ecstasis — ecstasy or being outside oneselfthey are meanwhile free and absolved from all vows The privilege of true ecstasy. for as long as this true devotion andPiissimae tam de tempore quam de sanctis Homiliae, 1556, p. -76 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasy — op-treckinghe; a state of being caught uply John was drawn when the Holy Spirit was given to him on Pentecost and the door was opened. This happens to some in anGheestelycke sermoonen, 1685, p. 224 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasy — spiritual rapturewn when the Holy Spirit was given to him on the Day of Pentecost and the door was opened to him. This happens to some inLehr und geistreiche [...] Predigten, 1663, p. -183 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1350Johannes Tauler, Sermonssame word and a translator’s rendering
- ecstasis — ecstasy or being outside oneselfthey are meanwhile free and absolved from all vows The privilege of true ecstasy. for as long as this true devotion andPiissimae tam de tempore quam de sanctis Homiliae, 1556, p. -76 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasy — op-treckinghe; a state of being caught uply John was drawn when the Holy Spirit was given to him on Pentecost and the door was opened. This happens to some in anGheestelycke sermoonen, 1685, p. 224 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasy — spiritual rapturewn when the Holy Spirit was given to him on the Day of Pentecost and the door was opened to him. This happens to some inLehr und geistreiche [...] Predigten, 1663, p. -183 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1350Jan van Ruusbroec, The Spiritual Espousals / Adornment of the Spiritual Marriagesame word
- 1370Birgitta of Sweden, Revelationssame word
- 1370Birgitta of Sweden, Revelationessame word
- 1455Jacobus de Clusa (de Paradiso), De animabus exutis a corporibussame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1470Hendrik Herp (Harphius), Theologia mystica / Spieghel der volcomenheitsame word and a translator’s rendering
Persian
- 1200Niẓāmī / ʿAṭṭār / Rūmī: dream narratives in Persian poetrysame word
- Ecstasyproof of it to anyone. Only Preface , Mysticism , Alchemy , Jalal al-Din Rumi , Salvation of the Soul , Natural Forces ,The Masnavi (Mesnevi), Unknown, p. 16 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasywoman saw that Divine Grace and became intoxicated by it; at that revelation, the fragile creature fell into a spiritualThe Mathnawi of Rumi Vol. 3-4, Unknown, p. 141 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasythe water, the larger the clods of earth they tear away from the barrier. Filled with spiritual wine—an intense state ofMasnavi (Mathnawi), Unknown, p. 194 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1260Rumi, Masnavi-yi Ma'navisame word
- Ecstasyproof of it to anyone. Only Preface , Mysticism , Alchemy , Jalal al-Din Rumi , Salvation of the Soul , Natural Forces ,The Masnavi (Mesnevi), Unknown, p. 16 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasywoman saw that Divine Grace and became intoxicated by it; at that revelation, the fragile creature fell into a spiritualThe Mathnawi of Rumi Vol. 3-4, Unknown, p. 141 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasythe water, the larger the clods of earth they tear away from the barrier. Filled with spiritual wine—an intense state ofMasnavi (Mathnawi), Unknown, p. 194 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1270Rūmī, Masnavī-yi maʿnavīsame word
- Ecstasyproof of it to anyone. Only Preface , Mysticism , Alchemy , Jalal al-Din Rumi , Salvation of the Soul , Natural Forces ,The Masnavi (Mesnevi), Unknown, p. 16 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasywoman saw that Divine Grace and became intoxicated by it; at that revelation, the fragile creature fell into a spiritualThe Mathnawi of Rumi Vol. 3-4, Unknown, p. 141 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasythe water, the larger the clods of earth they tear away from the barrier. Filled with spiritual wine—an intense state ofMasnavi (Mathnawi), Unknown, p. 194 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1273Rūmī, Masnavī-yi Maʿnavīsame word
- ecstasywoman saw that Divine Grace and became intoxicated by it; at that revelation, the fragile creature fell into a spiritualThe Mathnawi of Rumi Vol. 3-4, Unknown, p. 141 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasythe water, the larger the clods of earth they tear away from the barrier. Filled with spiritual wine—an intense state ofMasnavi (Mathnawi), Unknown, p. 194 · flagged as a term by the translator
Renaissance & Early Modern Europe
- 1455Jacobus de Clusa, De animabus exutis a corporibus (De apparitionibus)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1533Agrippa, De occulta philosophia (Book III on religious ascent)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1533Agrippa, De occulta philosophia libri tressame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1533Agrippa, De occulta philosophia III (on dreams and prophecy)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1545Cardano, De immortalitate animorum (with De subtilitate)same word
- 1562Cardano, Somniorum synesiorum libri IVsame word
- 1562Girolamo Cardano, Somniorum Synesiorum libri IVsame word
- 1577Teresa of Ávila, works (Way of Perfection, Life, Meditations)same word
- 1621Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholysame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1659Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul (in Collection of Philosophical Writings)same word
- 1708Pierre Poiret, Theologie du coeur (Hertzens-Theologie) & Bibliotheca mysticorumsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1714Leibniz, Monadologie / Principes de la nature et de la grâcesame word
- 1744Swedenborg, Journal of Dreams (Drömboken)a translator’s rendering
- 1746Calmet, Dissertations sur les apparitions et les vampiressame word
- ecstasytexts, this referred to a state of prolonged unconsciousness or deep "trance" that could be mistaken for death. , or anDissertations on Apparitions and Vampires, 1746, p. 493 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasy, claiming he had been sent back because of a clerical error in the afterlife. **L.** Examples of persons who enter intoTreatise on Apparitions and Vampires, Vol. II, 1759, p. 14 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1750Gerhard Tersteegen, Weg der Wahrheit / Auserlesene Lebensbeschreibungen heiliger Seelensame word
- 1751Lenglet Dufresnoy, Traité historique et dogmatique sur les apparitionssame word and a translator’s rendering
Theosophical & Modern Esoteric
- 1744Swedenborg, Journal of Dreams (Drömboken 1743–44)a translator’s rendering
- 1885Carl du Prel, Die Philosophie der Mystik (dream and the transcendental subject)same word
- 1889Blavatsky, The Key to Theosophy (with The Voice of the Silence, Theosophical Glossary)same word
- ecstasisall is one single day or state—the past and future are comprised within the present.” . . . Death is the last *ecstasy*The Key to Theosophy, 1889, p. 29 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasisveryday world of limits, all is one day or state—the past and future included in the present.” . . . Death is the last *Key to Theosophy, 1892, p. 27 · flagged as a term by the translator
Modern European
- 1744Swedenborg, Journal of Dreamsa translator’s rendering
- 1788Eckartshausen, Aufschlüsse zur Magie / Mystische Nächtesame word
- 1813Deleuze, Histoire critique du magnétisme animalsame word
- 1825Deleuze, Instruction pratique sur le magnétisme animalsame word
- 1834Du Potet, Cours de magnétisme animalsame word
- 1836Colquhoun, Isis Revelata; Townshend, Facts in Mesmerism; Gregory, Letters on Animal Magnetism (British mesmerism)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Ecstasisearing as "lucid intervals"—which are quite different in character from the temporary delirium caused by fevers. EcstasyAn History of Magic, Witchcraft, and Animal Magnetism, Vol. 2, 1851, p. 137 · original word kept by the translator
- ecstasyad, filled almost the entire capacity of the cranium. This young girl was therefore often seized with these paroxysms ofA Practical Manual of Animal Magnetism, 1843, p. 395 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasyen carried to excess, may lead, not merely to a figurative, but to a real self-annihilation.”* The state of intellectualAn Introduction to the Study of Animal Magnetism, 1838, p. 135 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1840Teste, Manuel pratique de magnétisme animalsame word
- 1843Braid, Neurypnologysame word
- 1844Ennemoser, Geschichte der Magiesame word
- ecstasy — a state of trance or intense spiritual raptureacred texts , as revelations through the inspiration of seers. | 306 | | §. 143. | Methods of the Brahmins to enter intoHistory of Magic, 1844, p. 38 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasyelian. c. 44; Flavius Vopiscus, "The Life of Aurelian," chapter 44 . They were also familiar with ways to induce trancesThe History of Magic, Vol. I, 1854, p. 114 · original word kept by the translator
- 1871Tylor, Primitive Culturesame word
- 1871Tylor, Primitive Culture (dreams as the origin of the soul idea)same word
- 1885Du Prel, Die Philosophie der Mystiksame word
- 1902Podmore, Modern Spiritualism: A History and a Criticismsame word
- 1903Myers, Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Deathsame word
- Ecstasyshould be added that the gap in memory may include some period of time *before* the shock or accident which caused it. *Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death, Vol. I, 1903, p. 19 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasycertain actions. **814.** There is also some slight indication that Socrates experienced telepathy , clairvoyance , andHuman Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death, Vol. II, 1903, p. 19 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1903Frederic Myers, Human Personality (on dreams, hypnagogia, veridical dreams)same word
- Ecstasyshould be added that the gap in memory may include some period of time *before* the shock or accident which caused it. *Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death, Vol. I, 1903, p. 19 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasycertain actions. **814.** There is also some slight indication that Socrates experienced telepathy , clairvoyance , andHuman Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death, Vol. II, 1903, p. 19 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1911Evelyn Underhill, Mysticism / Practical Mysticism / The Mystic Waysame word
- 1913Underhill, The Mystic Way / Practical Mysticismsame word
Native American & Mesoamerican
- 1868Brinton, Myths of the New World / Religions of Primitive Peoplessame word
African
- 1868Zulu proverbial/religious lore (Callaway)same word
- 1870Callaway, The Religious System of the Amazulusame word
- 1870Callaway, The Religious System of the Amazulu (dreams and the ancestors)same word
- 1912Junod, The Life of a South African Tribe (vol. 2, The Psychic Life)same word
- 1912Junod, The Life of a South African Tribe, vol. II: The Psychic Lifesame word
At home in Hellenistic & Late Antique
- 260 CEPlotinus, Enneads (I.6, IV.8, V.1, VI.9: turning inward and union)same word
- ecstasyato called the Sun the visible son and image of the highest God. Socrates, saluting the rising sun, often experienced anThe Enneads, 1580, p. 563 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasymes that very thing itself which is the vision. Perhaps it was not even a vision, but another way of seeing: **ecstasy**Plotinus, Enneads I-VI; Porphyry, Vita Plotini, 1464, p. 573 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 260 CEPlotinus, Enneads (IV on the soul; V on Nous; I.1 What is the living being and what is man)same word
- ecstasyato called the Sun the visible son and image of the highest God. Socrates, saluting the rising sun, often experienced anThe Enneads, 1580, p. 563 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasymes that very thing itself which is the vision. Perhaps it was not even a vision, but another way of seeing: **ecstasy**Plotinus, Enneads I-VI; Porphyry, Vita Plotini, 1464, p. 573 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 270 CEPorphyry, On the Cave of the Nymphssame word
- 270 CEPorphyry, De antro nympharum (the soul's descent into genesis)same word
- 300 CEIamblichus, De mysteriis (Reply to Porphyry’s Letter to Anebo)same word and a translator’s rendering
- ecstasis — standing outside oneself/trancet that inspiration does not come from daemons , but from the gods. Add to this that enthusiasmos is not correctly calledOn the Mysteries, 1678, p. 111 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasisollows: "*We frequently obtain through dreams, when we are asleep, a knowledge of future events, not being in an ecstasyOn the Mysteries (Thomas Taylor trans.), 1821, p. 148 · original word kept by the translator
- ecstasynations excited by diseases, or an ambiguous state of mind, such as that which takes place between a sober condition andIamblichus On the Mysteries, 1821, p. 36 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 300 CEIamblichus, De mysteriis (divination, possession, ecstasy, theurgy)same word and a translator’s rendering
- ecstasis — standing outside oneself/trancet that inspiration does not come from daemons , but from the gods. Add to this that enthusiasmos is not correctly calledOn the Mysteries, 1678, p. 111 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ecstasisollows: "*We frequently obtain through dreams, when we are asleep, a knowledge of future events, not being in an ecstasyOn the Mysteries (Thomas Taylor trans.), 1821, p. 148 · original word kept by the translator
- ecstasynations excited by diseases, or an ambiguous state of mind, such as that which takes place between a sober condition andIamblichus On the Mysteries, 1821, p. 36 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 301 CEPorphyry, Life of Plotinussame word
- 405 CESynesius of Cyrene, On Dreams (De insomniis)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 440 CEProclus, Commentary on the Timaeus (soul, world-soul, the vehicles)same word
- 470 CEProclus, On the Hieratic Art (De sacrificio et magia)same word and a translator’s rendering
Evidence gate. A work is listed only where a translator marked the word as a term with a gloss, or kept the original word beside the English, on at least one page of a held edition. Vocabulary lists and keywords alone do not count: in a Greek vocabulary list ἡσυχία is the ordinary word for quiet. Up to 3 pages are shown per work, preferring those with a gloss. The vocabulary was built 2026-09-11; the graph on 2026-09-13.