#religious ecstasy

[tyger-land]

𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗼 Conversion on the Way to Damascus. 1601. Oil on canvas: 230 × 175 cm (91 × 69 in).

[thesobsister]

Follower of Jacques Bellange, Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy (c. early 17th c.)

See also.

[nosferatu-roberteggers]

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, “The Ecstasy of St. Teresa” (c. 1647-52) // Giuseppe Bazzani, “The Ecstasy of St Therese” (c. 1745-50)

“I saw in his hand a long spear of gold, and at the iron's point there seemed to be a little fire. He appeared to me to be thrusting it at times into my heart, and to pierce my very entrails; when he drew it out, he seemed to draw them out also, and to leave me all on fire with a great love of God. The pain was so great, that it made me moan; and yet so surpassing was the sweetness of this excessive pain, that I could not wish to be rid of it. The soul is satisfied now with nothing less than God. The pain is not bodily, but spiritual; though the body has its share in it, even a large one. It is a caressing of love so sweet which now takes place between the soul and God, that I pray God of His goodness to make him experience it who may think that I am lying.” (St. Teresa of Avila description of her ecstatic with an angel of God)

“Religious ecstasy is an altered state of mind in which a person feels an increased connection to a divine being and a decreased connection to their surroundings. People from several faith traditions have reported experiencing moments of intense closeness with a deity. In some cases, people report seeing visions of their god, a saint, a prophet, or another holy person while in an ecstatic state. […] The person will often experience euphoria, or great happiness and joy, during an ecstasy. […] achieve greater holiness, to share a message imparted during the experience, or to draw closer to the deity […] The visionaries were all teens or children at the time the visions and related religious ecstasies began. […] The person who experiences a religious ecstasy may also report having an epiphany. […] The condition has also sometimes been condemned as a sign of demonic possession.”

— Janine Ungvarsky; “Religious ecstasy” (2024)

[usal-kusai]

2019

[toopolar]

I need hakita to show gabriels face going through emotion when he's getting beat up thanks

[prettysweetprettysweet]

LOUIS DE POINTE DU LAC

I'M ALL SIN. I'M ALL SIN. I'M ALL SIN.

AMC's Interview with the Vampire 2022

ARTWORK FEATURED

Wedding Party, Carroll Cloar, 1971

The Mother of Moses, Simeon Solomon, 1860

Lucifer, Franz Stuck, 1890

Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy, Caravaggio, 1606 (inspired by this awesome post by @greedandenby)

The Ecstasy of Saint Francis, Caravaggio, 1595

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, El Greco, 1614

MUSIC

"All Sin, Pt. 1" by Miink

my edits

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[thebaudrillardeanwife]

Mary Magdalene In Ecstasy, Caravaggio (1606)

“If we are strong enough in our souls we can rip away the veil and look at that naked terrible beauty right in the face; let God consume us, devour us, unstring our bones. Then spit us out reborn.”

Julian, Secret History, Donna Tartt (p.45)

[agirlnamedbone]

published in Passages North