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ECSTASY (Gr. iarra(TLc, from i LarliU, put out of its place, alter)

This article appears in Volume V08, Page 910 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ECG-EMS
ECSTASY (Gr. iarra(TLc, from i LarliU, put out of its place, alter) , a
term
  applied to a morbid mental
condition
 , in which the mind is entirely absorbed in the contemplation of one dominant
idea
  or object, and loses for the time its normal self-
control
 . With this there is commonly associated the prevalence of some strong emotion, which manifests itself in various ways, and with varying degrees of intensity. This state resembles in many points that of
catalepsy
  (q.v.), but differs from it sufficiently to constitute it a
separate
  affection. The patient in ecstasy may lie in a fixed position like the cataleptic, apparently quite unconscious, yet, on awaking, there is a distinct recollection of visions perceived during this period. More frequently there is violent emotional excitement which may find expression in impassioned utterances, and in extravagant bodily movements and gesticulations. Ecstasy usually presents itself as a kind of temporary religious
insanity
 , and has frequently appeared as an epidemic. It is well illustrated in the celebrated examples of the dancing epidemics of Germany and Italy in the middle ages, and the Convulsionnaires of St Medard at the grave of the Abbe Paris in the early part of the 18th century, and in more
recent
  times has been witnessed during periods of religious revivalism. (See
alSO
INSANITY
  and
NEUROPATHOLOGY
 .)


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