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A Study of Ecstasy

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A curated collection of 47 first-hand accounts of intense ecstatic experiences, drawing on Marghanita Laski and William James.

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For: Readers curious about ecstatic and mystical experiences
Worth noticing: The collection draws from Marghanita Laski’s 1961 Ecstasy and William James’s 1902 Varieties of Religious Experience.

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The introduction connects the collection to Marghanita Laski’s questionnaire-based study and William James’s compilation of religious-experience testimony. Entries are grouped into themed sections, including “Ordinary people, ordinary places” and “Time collapses,” and each has a link to a full account. The page also includes a prompt to share an experience, though the supplied material does not show the submission process.

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