There is an ancient longing in human beings that goes deeper than curiosity, lust, or sensationalism. It is directed towards transcendence. It longs for more than the ordinary, more than the narrow repetition of everyday life, more than what can be grasped by the gross senses and ordinary thinking. Mankind doesn't just want to live, work, suffer, and die. He wants to experience what lies beyond the veils. He wants to be touched by a reality that is greater than the visible. Humanity wants to step out of the familiar and reach a different state where life feels more dense, deeper, more dangerous, or more true. It is precisely from this movement that the call of ecstasy has arisen for thousands of years. This call is older than any modern drug scene, older than any psychological theory, older than the current language of consciousness expansion, healing, or self-optimization. We encounter it in the mystery cults of antiquity, in shamanic paths, in initiation rituals, in ascetic traditions, in sacred drinks, in trance, vision, and divine ecstasy.