Term

ecstasy

The highest degree of rapture. Herstik distinguishes it from pleasure: pleasure lives in the body, while ecstasy takes a person beyond themselves.

Explained in

Sacred Sex: The Magick and Path of the Divine Erotic, Gabriela Herstik
The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease, Marc Lewis
The street name of a synthetic drug that lifts the mood and creates a feeling of closeness to others.