Encyclopedia - Ecstasy: Encyclopedia - Ecstasy
Ecstasy may mean: Ecstasy (emotion) Religious ecstasy Ecstasy (drug) Ecstasy (film) Other related archivesEcstasy (drug), Ecstasy (emo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ecstasy, Ecstasis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ecstasy, Ecstasis
Ecstasy, Ecstasis (Greek) (from ekstasis displacement, standing out from the proper place, hence rising above)   A transference o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ecstasy Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Ecstasy Drug - Ecstasy And The Law
Use, supply and trafficking of ecstasy are currently illegal in most countries. In the United States, MDMA was legal and unregulated unti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Ecstasy: Encyclopedia - Religious Ecstasy
Religious ecstasy is a trance-like state characterized by expanded mental and spiritual awareness and is frequently accompanied by vision...   » Read the article

Article - Kundalini Yoga: Essence Of Kundalini Yoga
The main principle is that when awakened, Kundalini Sakti, either Herself or Her eject, ceases to be a static Power which sustains the wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uncle Fester Author: Encyclopedia - Uncle Fester Author
Uncle Fester is the author of such controversial books as "Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture," and "Silent Death." Uncle Fester auth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Savikalpa: Encyclopedia - Savikalpa
Savikalpa samādhi is one of the highest form of minor state of samadhi meditation. In Savikalpa samadhi, the human consciousness is diss...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agony: Encyclopedia - Agony
Agony (Greek αγωνία, agonía "the suffering, the struggle") is unbearable suffering. Agony is mentioned in various religions, as am...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ecstasy: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ecstasy
ecstasy (ecstatic): State of being overtaken by emotion such as joy or wonder. Literally, "standing outside oneself." See: e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticisms Of Charismatic And Pentecostal Belief: Encyclopedia - Criticisms Of Charismatic And Pentecostal Belief
Charismatic is an umbrella term used to describe Christians who believe that the manifestations of the Holy Spirit seen in the first cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pill: Encyclopedia - Pill
Pill can refer to: A pharmacological tablet. The informal way to refer to oral contraceptives. British slang for an Ecstasy pill, and Am...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stimulant: Encyclopedia - Stimulant
A stimulant is a drug that increases the activity of the sympathetic nervous system and produces a sense of euphoria or the feeling of be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trance: Encyclopedia - Trance
Trance. Trance is an altered state of consciousness. For more information, see hypnosis and ecstasy. Trance is also a type of Electroni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turya: Encyclopedia - Turya
Turya, a concept in Kashmir Shaivism, meaning the fourth state of consciousness. The fourth fundamental state of consciousness (vritti) i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abecedarian: Encyclopedia - Abecedarian
Abecedarians were a 16th-century German sect of Anabaptists who effected an absolute disdain for all human knowledge, contending that God...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glossolalia: Encyclopedia - Glossolalia
Glossolalia (from the Greek, "γλώσσα" (glossa), tongue and "λαλώ" (lalô), to speak) comprises the utterance of what appears (t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sat Chit Ananda: Encyclopedia - Sat Chit Ananda
In the Sanskrit language Sat Chit Ananda means Ethernal Bliss Consciousness. Sat = Eternal Chit = Consciousness Ananda = Bliss "In ancie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Shulgin: Encyclopedia - Alexander Shulgin
Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin (born June 17, 1925) is a pharmacologist, chemist and drug developer. Shulgin is generally credited with the po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alonso Berruguete: Encyclopedia - Alonso Berruguete
Alonso Berruguete (c. 1488 - 1561) was a Spanish painter, sculptor and architect. He is considered to be most important sculptor of Renai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ecstasy Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Ecstasy Drug - Ecstasy As A Recreational Drug
The primary effects of MDMA include feelings of openness, euphoria, empathy, love, and heightened self-awareness. Its initial adoption by...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ecstasy: Parapsychology Dictionary On Ecstasy
Ecstasy: An altered state of consciousness in which the person experiences great rapture and loss of self-control.   (See also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ecstasy Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Ecstasy Drug - Effects
Ecstasy drug - Pharmacodynamics. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter believed to play a role in the regulation of mood and pleasure. MDMA's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ecstasy Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Ecstasy Drug - History
A patent for MDMA was originally filed on Christmas eve 1912 by the German pharmaceutical company Merck, and granted two years later (to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ecstasy Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Ecstasy Drug - Pharmacokinetics
MDMA has complex nonlinear pharmacokinetics, due MDMA's ability to inhibit CYP2D6 and CYP2d8. It is metabolised via N-demethylation to se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Countdown To Ecstasy: Encyclopedia Ii - Countdown To Ecstasy - Personnel
Steely Dan Denny Dias - guitar, Stereo Mixmaster General Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - guitar, pedal steel guitar Walter Becker - electric bass,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ecstasy Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Ecstasy Drug - Supply And Administration
MDMA is usually ingested in pill form. Pills come in a variety of "brands", usually identified by the icons stamped on the pills. The bra...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ecstasy Breathing: Alternative Health Dictionary On Ecstasy Breathing
Ecstasy Breathing: Method created by Valnn Dayne. It involves music and Breath Regenesis. Its purpose is reconnection with a Power of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ecstasis: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Ecstasis
Ecstasis (Ancient Greek). A psycho-spiritual state; a physical trance which induces clairvoyance and a beatific state bringing on visi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Retracted Article On Neurotoxicity Of Ecstasy: Encyclopedia Ii - Retracted Article On Neurotoxicity Of Ecstasy - Original Publication
The Ricaurte article was published in the middle of a group of 16 "reports" and not given special prominence in the "Highlights of resear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ecstasy Of St Theresa: Encyclopedia Ii - Ecstasy Of St Theresa - Works Influencing Or Influenced By This Sculpture
See also. image See section on Cornaro chapel in Baroque entry. See section on Sexuality and Christian Art This sculpture is mentioned...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uncle Fester Author: Encyclopedia Ii - Uncle Fester Author - Short Bio
"Uncle Fester" is the nom de plume used by Steve Preisler to write his books. He gained underground fame after publishing his first book ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ecstasy Of St Theresa: Encyclopedia Ii - Ecstasy Of St Theresa - Critical Assessment
Some modern critics dismiss the semi-syncopal religious experiences to orgasmic psychologic phenomena rather than spiritual encounters. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dovber Of Mezeritch: Encyclopedia Ii - Dovber Of Mezeritch - On The Ecstasy Of Prayer
As the degrees of divine manifestation differ according to the nature of the various objects, it is the purpose of the world-life to adva...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Experience: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Experience - Enthusiasm
In enthusiasm - or possession - god is understood to be outside, other than or beyond the believer. A sacred power, being or will enters ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Experience: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Experience - The Numinous
The German thinker Rudolf Otto (1869-1937) argues that there is one common factor to all religious experience, independent of the cultura...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Experience: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Experience - Mystical Experiences
Mystical experiences are in many ways the opposite of numinous experiences. In the mystical experience, all 'otherness' disappear and the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Experience: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Experience - Discussion
Habel's differentiation between mediate and immediate religious experiences is based on the assumption that it is possible to have a dire...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dovber Of Mezeritch: Encyclopedia Ii - Dovber Of Mezeritch - Spread Of Hasidism
Immediately after the death of Besht (1760), Baer assumed the leadership of the sect, there being no opposition to him from any quarter. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dovber Of Mezeritch: Encyclopedia Ii - Dovber Of Mezeritch - His Public Audiences
After the meal he would begin to chant a soul-stirring melody, and, placing his hand upon his forehead, would call upon all new adherents...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Illegal Drug Trade: Encyclopedia Ii - Illegal Drug Trade - Soft Drugs
Many people do not find the hard/soft drug distinction useful, as it is the drug users' behavior that is the most important determinate o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dovber Of Mezeritch: Encyclopedia Ii - Dovber Of Mezeritch - Opposition Of The Rabbis
Thanks to the powerful personality of its leader, Hasidism spread with remarkable rapidity. It gained a secure foothold simultaneously in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dovber Of Mezeritch: Encyclopedia Ii - Dovber Of Mezeritch - Biography
Little is known of Baer's youth, and scarcely more of the interval preceding his conversion to Hasidism. In all probability he was educat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dovber Of Mezeritch: Encyclopedia Ii - Dovber Of Mezeritch - His Visit To Besht
It was his poor health that caused Baer to seek the Besht, though he found in him a physician for the soul rather than for the body. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dovber Of Mezeritch: Encyclopedia Ii - Dovber Of Mezeritch - Leader Of The Hasidim
The legend is correct in so far as it intimates that Baer learned through his connection with Besht to value everyday things and events, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticisms Of Charismatic And Pentecostal Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticisms Of Charismatic And Pentecostal Belief - The Nature Of Criticism
Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians and organizations have, either fairly or unfairly, been subjected to numerous criticisms by both t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Illegal Drug Trade: Encyclopedia Ii - Illegal Drug Trade - Hard Drugs
'Hard drugs' are generally drugs considered to create a high degree of physical dependence (i.e. addiction) or considered to be a serious...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticisms Of Charismatic And Pentecostal Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticisms Of Charismatic And Pentecostal Belief - Criticisms From Evangelical Christians
See also: Cambridge Declaration A number of critics of Pentecostal / Charismatic beliefs have established themselves in Discernment Minis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Illegal Drug Trade: Encyclopedia Ii - Illegal Drug Trade - Manufacturing And Processing
Illegal drugs can be broken down into two major classes: those extracted from plants, and those synthesized from chemical precursors. For...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Illegal Drug Trade: Encyclopedia Ii - Illegal Drug Trade - Distribution And Wholesaling
There are two primary means of distribution: a hierarchy and a hub-and-spoke layout. A hierarchical arrangement includes the manufacturer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticisms Of Charismatic And Pentecostal Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticisms Of Charismatic And Pentecostal Belief - Medical/scientific Criticisms
Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Faith Healing. The following articles are useful in examining the possible reasons w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Illegal Drug Trade: Encyclopedia Ii - Illegal Drug Trade - Rising Influence Of Mexican Cartels In Drug Trafficking In The U.s.
Since the late 1980's/early 1990's, narcotics trafficking organizations headed and comprised of Mexican nationals became the dominant for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Illegal Drug Trade: Encyclopedia Ii - Illegal Drug Trade - Punishments In Various Countries
To be written Illegal drug trade - Australia. There is a movement in Australia to make some narcotics decriminalised, particularly mari...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ananda: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary V On Ananda
Ananda: bliss, ecstasy   (See also: Ananda ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qawwali: Encyclopedia Ii - Qawwali - Origins
The roots of Qawwali can be traced back to 8th century Persia. However, Qawwali in the form we know it today was essentially created by A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qawwali: Encyclopedia Ii - Qawwali - Song Content
The songs which constitute the qawwali repertoire are mostly in Urdu and Punjabi (almost equally divided between the two), though there a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qawwali: Encyclopedia Ii - Qawwali - Composition Of A Qawwali Party
A group of qawwali musicians, called a party, typically consists of eight or nine men including a lead singer, one or two side singers, o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qawwali: Encyclopedia Ii - Qawwali - Musical Structure
Songs are usually between 15 to 30 minutes long. However, the longest commercially released qawwali runs slightly over 115 minutes (Hashr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science Journal: Encyclopedia Ii - Science Journal - History
Science was founded by New York journalist John Michaels in 1880 with financial support from Thomas Edison and later from Alexander Graha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Premananda: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Premananda
premananda The ecstasy of pure love of God.   (See also: premananda , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and So...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samadhi: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iii On Samadhi
Samadhi: Ecstasy, total absorption, or a thoughtless state of the mind. It is the highest state of being.   (See also: Samadhi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science Journal: Encyclopedia Ii - Science Journal - History
Science was founded by New York journalist John Michaels in 1880 with financial support from Thomas Edison and later from Alexander Graha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science Journal: Encyclopedia Ii - Science Journal - Availability
Online versions of full-text archive articles are not generally made available to the public. Full text is available online to AAAS membe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maha-bhava: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Maha-bhava
maha-bhava The ultimate limit of devotional ecstasy, found only in Sri Radha and some of Her intimate servants. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprab...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Enstasy: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Enstasy
enstasy: A term coined in 1969 by Mircea Eliade to contrast the Eastern view of bliss as "standing inside oneself" (enstasy)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vipralambha-bhava: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Vipralambha-bhava, Viraha-bhava
vipralambha-bhava, Viraha-bhava The ecstasy of separation from the Supreme Lord.   (See also: vipralambha-bhava , Bhakti, Bhak...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhava: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Bhava
bhava Ecstasy in love of God. Various kinds of bhava join together as the components of prema.   (See also: bhava , Bhakti, Bh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Soma: Tantra Tantric Dictionary On Soma
Soma: Soma. Nectar of Ecstasy. Lunar deity. Any of 24 types of psychoactive plants given in the Vedas.   (See also: Soma , ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samadhi: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Samadhi
Samadhi:   Samadhi ("putting together"): the ecstatic or unitive state in which the meditator becomes one with the ob...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sattvika-bhavas: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Sattvika-bhavas
sattvika-bhavas In the development of pure love of God, ecstasies that arise automatically, without conscious intention. They are eigh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samadhi: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Samadhi
samadhi (sama = steady + dhi = intellect): a calm and pure mind in all circumstances, whether sitting in meditation or acting in the w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anamnesis: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Anamnesis
ANAMNESIS - 1. Ecstasy - causing reminders. e.g. music of the spheres (Greek) 2. recovery of buried memory, both individual and colle...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ananda: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Ananda
Ananda - spiritual bliss, ecstasy, joy, happiness; that which Sri Bhagavan relishes through His hladini-sakti (see hladini).  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samyama: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Samyama
Samyama:   Samyama ("constraint"): the combined practice of concentration (dharana), meditation (dhyana), and ecstasy...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirodha: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Nirodha
Nirodha:   Nirodha ("restriction"): in Patanjali's eight-limbed yoga, the very basis of the process of concentration,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mystical Experience: Parapsychology Dictionary On Mystical Experience
Mystical Experience: ASCs involving experiences of ecstasy, unity, timelessness, loss of self, divine revelation, etc.   (See ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Skydancing Tantra: Alternative Health Dictionary On Skydancing Tantra
SkyDancing Tantra: Westernized form of Tantra developed by Margo Anand, author of The Art of Sexual Ecstasy and the bestseller The Art...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dionysian: Pagan Denominations Dictionary On Dionysian
DIONYSIAN: In religious studies, describes "lunar- or nature-oriented" religions that emphasize the ecstatic and emotional a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hydantoin: Encyclopedia Ii - Hydantoin - Uses
Hydantoin - Medicine. Dantrolene is used in malignant hyperthermia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, spasticity, and Ecstasy intoxicati...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dionysian: Magickal Traditions Dictionary On Dionysian
DIONYSIAN: In religious studies, describes "lunar- or nature-oriented" religions that emphasize the ecstatic and emotional a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Theosophy: Magickal Traditions Dictionary On Theosophy
THEOSOPHY:  Any philosophy that teaches the achievement of knowledge of God (s) by spiritual ecstasy, direct intuition, or a spe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Konx-om-pax: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Konx-om-pax
KONX-OM-PAX Ancient Greek power words that some say were shouted during the Eleusinian Mysteries, during the ecstasy of initiation (i....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ananda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ananda
ananda: (Sanskrit) "Bliss." The pure joy - ecstasy or enstasy - of God-consciousness or spiritual experience. In its highest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychopharmacology: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychopharmacology - Mdma
MDMA, commonly known as Ecstasy, was popularized as an adjucant to talk therapy in the 1960s and 1970s by Dr. Alexander Shulgin. One prim...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ananda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ananda
ananda: (Sanskrit) "Bliss." The pure joy - ecstasy or enstasy - of God-consciousness or spiritual experience. In its highest s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1989 Governor General's Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - 1989 Governor General's Awards - English Language
1989 Governor General's Awards - Fiction. Winner: Paul Quarrington, Whale Music Other Finalists: Ann Copeland, The Golden Thread Hel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Heavy Metal: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Heavy Metal - 1976
Timeline of heavy metal - Newly formed bands. Quiet Riot Running Wild Timeline of heavy metal - Albums. Aerosmith - Rocks Black Sa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nimbus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nimbus
Nimbus (Latin) A cloud, a luminous atmosphere surrounding a high adept or deity when appearing on earth. In Oriental and Christian art...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tantra: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Tantra
Tantra Tantra (which means "woven together") is a term loosely applied to a system of Hindu yoga in which the union of male ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catharsis: Encyclopedia Ii - Catharsis - Catharsis In Psychotherapy
Catharsis is a form of emotional cleansing first defined by the Greek philosopher Aristotle. It originally referred to the sensation that...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ashta-anga-yoga, Ashtanga-yoga: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Ashta-anga-yoga, Ashtanga-yoga
Ashta-anga-yoga, ashtanga-yoga:   Ashta-anga-yoga, ashtanga-yoga ("eight-limbed union"): the eightfold yoga of Patanj...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mysticism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mysticism
Mysticism The doctrine that the nature of reality can be known by direct apprehension, by faculties above the senses, by intuition. &...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benzylpiperazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Benzylpiperazine - Effects
The effects of BZP are reportedly similar to, although somewhat more subtle than, the effects of ecstasy and methamphetamine. Users repor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bernhard Knipperdolling: Encyclopedia Ii - Bernhard Knipperdolling - Anabaptist Revolution
On February 10 1534, Knipperdolling joined the movement to overthrow the town council and bishop, along with Jan Matthys and Jan Bockelso...   » Read the article

Article - Dream Symbol Interpretations: Dream Symbol Interpretations
Dream Symbol Interpretations including the meaning of dreams about: Eagles, Earrings, Ears, Earthquake, Earwig, Eating, Ebony, Echo, Ec...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meaning Of Dream About Ecstasy: Dream Dictionary - Ecstasy
  Ecstasy To dream of feeling ecstasy, denotes you will enjoy a visit from a long-absent friend. If you experience ecstasy in d...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brow Chakra: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Brow Chakra
brow chakra The 6th chakra, the third eye, found above and between the brows, in the center of the forehead. The source of ecstasy, E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaos 2005 Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaos 2005 Film - About The Movie
Chaos is about two teenagers who go to a rave in the woods to score some ecstasy, and are then raped and murdered by Chaos, the film's ti...   » Read the article

Article - Meaning Behind Dreams: Meaning Of Dreams From; Eagles To Embankment
Meaning Behind Dreams including the meaning of dreams about: Eagles, Earrings, Ears, Earthquake, Earwig, Eating, Ebony, Echo, Eclipse, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Online Dream Dictionary: Online Dream Dictionary From; Eagles To Embankment
Online Dream Dictionary including the meaning of dreams about: Eagles, Earrings, Ears, Earthquake, Earwig, Eating, Ebony, Echo, Eclipse, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Horse Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Horse
Horse (1) A Horse - particularly a stallion - may symbolize sexuality   (2) It may symbolize animality; instinctive dynamism that...   » Read the article