Further distinctions of this type can be made but they are not needed here. (religion-online.org)
Within any one of these grades further distinctions are possible. (religion-online.org)
If the term «ecstasy» is applied at all to the giant figures in the succession from Amos to Second Isaiah, I would want to insist on Lindblom's distinction between ecstasy of the absorption type (involving loss of rational control) and that of the concentration type, and a very clear further distinction between the circumspective religion of the prophets and the more common ancient Eastern type of introspective, mystical piety. (religion-online.org)