Le Brun, Jacques <br/><br/>
Ecstasy in Writings of Modern Mysticism: A Target of Critiques 

 -  2007.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> Whereas in the 17th century, mysticism seems to occupy a central place in Christian spirituality, a deep distrust parallels this rise not only on the part of freethinkers but also from ‘enlightened’ theologians’: ecstasy is the target of their censures; ecstasy is achieved in writing rather than in sensorial phenomena.