...character and duration of this enthusiasm varies with the state of the individual, from an extasy 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 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...

...individual, from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration—which is its rarer appearance—to the faintest glow of virtuous emotion, in which form...and associations of men, and makes society possible. POLITICS (1844)* In dealing with the State we ought to remember that its institutions are not aboriginal,...

...not have been much influenced by "Oriental scriptures." Rather, the essay is primarily Neoplatonic: 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." The trances of Socrates, the "union" of Plotinus, the...

...mall. (And this is true — she was the only adult I knew during the Vietnam War who was against it.) "A certain tendency to insanity has always attended the opening of the religious sense in men, as if they had been 'blasted with excess light,'" Emerson said in his essay "The OverSoul." Religious leaders,...

...character and duration of this enthusiasm vary with the state of the individual, from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration — which is its...and associations of men, and makes society possible. These experiences are, as Emerson suggests, spontaneous, ecstatic, and evanescent. They are at once...

...prophetic inspiration [...] to the faintest glow of virtuous emotion" (JMN 4: 214). He also notices 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' " (JMN 4: 215). He illustrates this with Socrates, Plotinus,...

...consciousness. . . . The character and duration of this enthusiasm vary with the state of the individual. ... A certain tendency to insanity has always attended the opening of the religious sense, as if they had been "blasted with excess of light." The comparison of this with Bucke is extremely...

...character and duration of this enthusiasm varies with the state of the individual, from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration, - which is its rarer...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...

...individual, from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration,— which is its rarer appearance,—to the faintest glow of virtuous emotion, in which form...and associations of men, and makes society possible. —THE OVER-SOUL Hove you ever experienced a revelation? Was it in the form of an ecstatic trance,...