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The New Oxford Dictionary’sdefinitions of ecstasy
The NOD derives the word ecstasy
from the (ancient) Greek ekstasis ‘standing outside oneself’, based on
ek ‘out’ + histanai ‘to place’; or from Greek ek ‘out’ +
stasis, literally ‘a standing still, stoppage’ from sta- base
of histani (or histemi) ‘cause to stand’. The NOD
gives 3 meanings for the word ‘ecstasy’, none of which describe ecstasy
proper. 1.
Ecstasy: an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement.
Note: The overwhelming
feeling of great happiness or joy is not ecstasy proper, i.e. the ‘standing
outside’ or ‘beyond’ (i.e. the self), but the personal interpretation of the after-affect
of an energy surge. That energy surge happens either when coming to stand
outside or beyond the given, hence as release (i.e. fission) phenomenon; or
when connecting with or coming to stand in a not given (hence different),
hence as empowerment via fusion phenomenon The energy surge per se is often
experienced as enlightenment. 2.
Ecstasy: an emotional or religious frenzy or trancelike state,
originally one involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence. Note: Frenzy, for instance
as in (Sufi or Rock & Roll) dancing, pre-orgasmic arousal, specific
hectic activity, like frantic shopping, working or playing, results (i.e.
ends) in a trancelike state (i.e. in an alternate enstasy). Working up or
into a frenzy, and which can be physical, emotional or mental, reverse
engineers an energy surge and which can then interpreted as happiness or joy. 3.
Ecstasy: the commercial name of an illegal amphetamine based
synthetic drug (i.e. MDMA) with euphoric and hallucinatory effects
(originally developed as an appetite suppressant).* Note: MDMA produces
hallucinations, i.e. other than self, therefore ecstatic (i.e. stand outside
or beyond the self) affects. Its amphetamine content produces euphoria (i.e.
elation (read: increased speed, i.e. an energy surge) and which is then
interpreted as happiness or joy (depending on the degree of the energy/power
surge). * When speed is required
(or naturally or artificially induced), the digestion functions are
automatically turned off, as during the fight-and-flee response. Fasting also
induces speed. |