Lost Ecstasy: Its Decline and Transformation in Religion

Chapter 1: Introduction: What Happened to Ecstasy?  Mysticism, Ecstasy and the Constructivist Loop

Chapter 2: Some Examples of Religious Ecstasy

Chapter 3:  Attacks on Ecstasy, Pathologizing in Academia

Chapter 4:  Attacks on Ecstasy, Theology: We Don't Want It Either

Chapter 5:  Destructive Ecstasies:  Wargasm and the Joy of Violence

Chapter 6: The Spiritualized Ecstasies:  Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll

Chapter 7: Return of the Repressed:  Millenial, Charismatic and Renewal Movements

Chapter 8: The Case of Hinduism:  Ecstasy and Denial

Chapter 9:  Ecstasy and Empathy:  Some Venerable Elders and New Directions

Chapter 10: Conclusions:  Can We Go Beyond Criminalizing, Pathologizing, and Trivializing? Or The Problems of Shooting Yourself in the Foot