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Saint Catherine of Siena passed often into deep trances, during which she lay bodily rigid and mentally rapt in ecstasy. On some of these occasions her entire physique became so hot that her face was flushed red with blood and covered with drops of perspiration. This is Spirit-Energy.

-- Notebooks Category 23: Advanced Contemplation > Chapter 7 : Contemplative Stillness > # 124