ecstasies
States of bliss
Ecstasies is the plural of ecstasy—states of overwhelming joy, rapture, or emotional intensity so powerful that normal awareness seems suspended.
The word often describes religious or mystical experiences, sexual climax, or moments of transcendent beauty: The mystic described her ecstasies as union with the divine.
It can also name intense pleasures more casually: the ecstasies of first love.
Intense emotional high
- elationIntense triumphant joy
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- paradiseIdeal, blissful place
heaven · beatitude · felicity · sublimity · serenity · contentment · joyousness · transport
Of sexual peak
- tantricOf Hindu mystical tradition
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- passionIntense emotional drive
- sensory overloadExcessive simultaneous stimulation
intoxication · abandon · frenzy · swoon · quiver · shudder · thrill · rush
Profound spiritual awakening
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- divine unionSpiritual oneness with deity
mystical experience · samadhi · religious fervor · epiphany · revelation · communion · grace · sanctification
Synthetic empathogenic stimulant
- mollySmall ornamental aquarium fish
- raveEnthusiastic praise or nightlong dance
- party drugIllicit nightclub intoxicant
- club sceneDance venue culture
rolling · stimulant · comedown · pill · tablet · designer drug · serotonin · dance culture
Modified consciousness experience
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- out-of-bodySeparated from physical form
- possessionState of owning
hypnotic state · shamanic journey · deep meditation · fugue · entrancement · absorption · daze · somnambulism
Unbroken forward movement
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- artistic visionCreator's guiding aesthetic concept
euphoria
Intense emotional high
- elationIntense triumphant joy
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
paradise · heaven · beatitude · felicity · sublimity · serenity · contentment · joyousness · transport · exaltation
orgasmic
Of sexual peak
sensory overload · intoxication · abandon · frenzy · swoon · quiver · shudder · thrill · rush · afterglow
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
divine union · mystical experience · samadhi · religious fervor · epiphany · revelation · communion · grace · sanctification · kundalini
MDMA
Synthetic empathogenic stimulant
- mollySmall ornamental aquarium fish
- raveEnthusiastic praise or nightlong dance
- party drugIllicit nightclub intoxicant
club scene · rolling · stimulant · comedown · pill · tablet · designer drug · serotonin · dance culture
altered state
Modified consciousness experience
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- out-of-bodySeparated from physical form
hypnotic state · possession · shamanic journey · deep meditation · fugue · entrancement · absorption · daze · somnambulism · automatic writing
flow
Unbroken forward movement
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- artistic visionCreator's guiding aesthetic concept
ecstasiesapathies
Lacks of concern
numbness · indifference · boredom · flatness · emptiness
ecstasiesdepths
Lowest or innermost regions
nadirs · depressions · melancholies · doldrums · dejections