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HISTORICAL ECSTASY

''Ecstasy'' was also a technical term used by mystical writers in the 17th through 19th century and had considerably different meaning. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, ecstasy was the state when one's soul would physically leave the body to contemplate, leaving the body senseless. This meaning is seen as early the metaphysical poets, most notably John Donne 1527-1631 .

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