Ecstasy, Greek ekstasis, is a going out of oneself. Christian mystics describe raptures and flights of the spirit in which the senses are suspended. The great teachers treat them warily: Teresa said perfection does not depend on them, and John of the Cross counselled detachment from all extraordinary experiences.
Ecstasy
Standing outside oneself: a state of rapture in which the soul is carried out of ordinary awareness toward God.
Also: rapture, ekstasis