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Religious ecstasy
Altered state of consciousness / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For related topics, see Ecstasy (emotion) and Ecstasy (philosophy).
Religious ecstasy is a type of altered state of consciousness characterized by greatly reduced external awareness and reportedly expanded interior mental and spiritual awareness, frequently accompanied by visions and emotional (and sometimes physical) euphoria.
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Although the experience is usually brief in time,[1] there are records of such experiences lasting several days or even more, and of recurring experiences of ecstasy during a person's lifetime.