...does produce ethical mania and religious melancholia : Emerson l went so far indeed as to remark that a " certain tendency to insanity has always attended the opening of the religious sense of men as if they had been ' blasted with excess of light ' ". But all that concerns us here is to...

...character and duration of this 'enthusiasm varies with the state of the individual, from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration — which is its...attended the opening of the religious sense in men, as if they had been ' blasted witH excess of light.' The trances of Socrates, the ' union ' of Plotinus,...

...character and duration of this enthusiasm vary with the state of the individual, from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration, — which is its...attended the opening of the religious sense in men, as if they had been "blasted with excess of light." The trances of Socrates, the " union " of Plotinus, the...

...character and duration of this enthusiasm vary with the state of the individual, from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration, — which is its...attended the opening of the religious sense in men, as if they had been "blasted with excess of light." The trances of Socrates, the " union " of Plotinus, the...

...character and duration of this enthusiasm varies with the state of the individual, from an ecstasy and ldo 62 makes society possible. A certain tendency to insanity has always attended the opening of the religious...

...^ts^rarer^ajipearance, — to the faintest glow of virtuous emotion, in which form iLwarms, like_our household fires, all the families and associations...attended the opening of the religious sense in men, as if they had been blasted with excess of light." The trances of Socrates, the " union " pf__£lotinus,...

...character and duration of this enthusiasm varies with the state of the individual, from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration, — which is its...appearance, — to the faintest glow of virtuous emotion, iii which form it warms, like our household fires, all the families and associations of men, and makes...

...character and duration of this enthusiasm vary with the state of the individual, from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration, — which is its...attended the opening of the religious sense in men, as if they had been "blasted with excess of light." The trances of Socrates, the " union " of Plotinus, the...

...dread omniscience through us over things." It is in this immediate connection that he remarks that " a certain tendency to insanity has always attended the opening of the religious sense in men, as if they had been ' blasted with excess of light.' " It is charitable to believe that from the perceived...

...individual from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration — which is its rarer appearance I —to the faintest glow of virtuous emotion, in which...attended the opening of the religious sense in men, as if they had been " blasted with excess of light." The trances of Socrates, the " union " of Plotinus,...