Ecstasy is the pleasure a self gets when it is more than and other than itself, and knows it is.
Appreciation goes towards ecstasy. Criticism does. Love does. Ecstasy itself goes towards depth, comprehensiveness, and matter-of-factness.
Definitions, and Comment: Being a Description of the WorldBy Eli Siegel
83. Ecstasy
© 1945 by Eli Siegel, founder of Aesthetic Realism