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ekstasis

Syllables: ek·sta·sis/ˈɛkstəsɪs/

ekstasis noun: the state of being beside oneself or rapt out of oneself.

Noun

ekstasis (countable and uncountable, plural ekstases)

  1. The state of being beside oneself or rapt out of oneself.
    • [1914], 1995, Holden E Sampson, The True Mystic http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=Qqm7RQvTQ3sC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&sig=5lVGuxEcsuYip2s9t2xgSTWp4nc
      In Psychics the strange phenomenon of “Katalepsis” experienced by developed “trance-mediumship” bears so close a resemblance, physically, to...
    • In no wise is it possible for the State of Ekstasis to be attained by Mankind except as the prelude to Initiation in the Divine Mysteries. When the Initiations have been fully accomplished, to the Seventh Golden Gate, there is no further need for the Processes requisite to induce the State of...1918, Holden Edward Sampson, Theou Sophia

Examples of ekstasis in a sentence

  • In no wise is it possible for the State of Ekstasis to be attained by Mankind except as the prelude to Initiation in the Divine Mysteries.1918, Holden Edward Sampson, Theou Sophia:
  • We find ourselves then in the presence of two human ekstases: the ekstasis which throws us into being-in-itself and the ekstasis which engages us in non-being.1956, Hazel E. Barnes, Being and Nothingness, translation of original by Jean-Paul Sartre:

Forms of ekstasis

pluralekstases
alternative formecstasis

Origin of ekstasis

Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis, “displacement, cession, trance”)

Questions about ekstasis

What does ekstasis mean?
Ekstasis means the state of being beside oneself or rapt out of oneself.
How do you use ekstasis in a sentence?
In no wise is it possible for the State of Ekstasis to be attained by Mankind except as the prelude to Initiation in the Divine Mysteries.
What part of speech is ekstasis?
Ekstasis is a noun.
How do you pronounce ekstasis?
Ekstasis is pronounced /ˈɛkstəsɪs/.
What is the plural of ekstasis?
The plural of ekstasis is ekstases.

Words near ekstasis in the dictionary

  1. EKs
  2. eks dee
  3. Ekserjyan
  4. Ekserjyans
  5. ekstases
  6. ekstasis
  7. Ekstrand
  8. Ekstrands
  9. Ekstrom
  10. Ekstroms
  11. Ekta

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