ECSTASY

Ecstasy is a departure of the mind, which sometimes happens by fright, but sometimes by some revelation, through an alienation of the mind from the senses of the body, in order that to the spirit may be shown what is to be shown.

Augustine of Hippo

The outflowing of a soul into her God is a true ecstasy, by which the soul quite transcends the limits of her natural way of existence, being wholly mingled with, absorbed and engulfed in, her God.

Francis of Sales