In the film The Agony and the Ecstasy about the life of Michelangelo, Julius is vividly portrayed as a soldier-pope by Rex Harrison.

The film's climax, a three-way Mexican standoff, begins with the melody of " The Ecstasy of Gold " and is followed by " The Trio.

Other chart hits by White included " Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up " (# 2 R & B, # 7 Pop in 1973 ), " Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe " (# 1 Pop and R & B in 1974 ), " You're the First, the Last, My Everything " (# 1 R & B, # 2 Pop in 1974 ), " What Am I Gonna Do with You " (# 1 R & B, # 8 Pop in 1975 ), " Let the Music Play " (# 4 R & B in 1976 ), " It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me " (# 1 R & B, # 4 Pop in 1977 ) and " Your Sweetness is My Weakness " (# 2 R & B in 1978 ).

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine ( MDMA ), known by its common street name " Ecstasy ", is an illicit substance that typically comes in either tablet, capsule, or powder / crystal form.

Further illustrative of this is the differentiation in Chabad thought ( such as the " Tract on Ecstasy " by Dovber Schneuri ) between general Hasidism's emphasis on emotional enthusiasm and the Chabad ideal of intellectually reserved ecstasy.

Salatin candidly admits in his book, The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer, that the meat bird operation is currently the least sustainable aspect of the farm.

On 7 November 2010: Lord Taverne asked at question time in the House of Lords: " If the Government believes in evidence-based policy, is it not obvious in light of this Nutt's report and many other reports that make similar conclusions that the present classification of Ecstasy in class A and cannabis in class B is not in any way based on evidence of the physical or the social impact?

In his work entitled Kuntres Hispa ' alus (" Tract on Ecstasy "), the Mittler Rebbe argues that only through ridding oneself of what he considered disingenuous emotions could one attain the ultimate level in Chassidic worship ( that is, bittul ).

* Ecstasy, a Czechoslovak film, shocks audiences when actress Hedy Lamarr is seen naked in the film.

The World / Inferno Friendship Society song " The Mighty Raritan " on their album The Anarchy and the Ecstasy is a song about how their lead singer Jack Terricloth grew up near the Raritan River.

The main gate is enriched by a big lunette of the 15th century representing the Ecstasy of St. Francis.

This album culled the song from all but one album during the time Osbourne was in Black Sabbath between 1970 to 1978 ; the only album during the said era that was not represented in this release is Technical Ecstasy, released in 1976.

It is the primary presumptive test used in Ecstasy testing kits.

A painting by El Greco, " The Ecstasy of St. Francis ", is preserved in the city.

However, these effects are rare and the drug is generally easier on the body than MDMA ( Ecstasy ).

The novel A Melon for Ecstasy by John Fortune and John Wells is, in part, about the main character's forbidden love affair with the laburnum in his back yard.

The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa ( EOST ) is a Czech band formed in 1990 by Jan Muchow, Jan Gregar, Petr Wegner and Irna Libowitz.

Countdown to Ecstasy is the second album by rock group Steely Dan, released in July 1973.

Allmusic praised the album for being riskier and more sophisticated than their debut, commenting, " Countdown to Ecstasy is the only time Steely Dan played it relatively straight, and its eight songs are rich with either musical or lyrical detail that their album rock or art rock contemporaries couldn't hope to match.

Religious ecstasy is common for many mystics, such as Teresa of Avila, whose experience was immortalized in the sculpture Ecstasy of Saint Teresa by Bernini.

Ecstasy is a subjective experience of total involvement of the subject, with an object of his or her awareness.

The church is known for the masterpiece of Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the Cornaro Chapel, the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa.

The masterpiece in the Cornaro Chapel, to the left of the altar, is Ecstasy of St. Teresa by Scipione's favored sculptor, Bernini.

She is mentioned in the Steely Dan song " Your Gold Teeth " from the 1973 album Countdown to Ecstasy:

In the UK the album reached # 12, one place higher than Technical Ecstasy.

Countdown to Ecstasy was well regarded as a sophomore effort coming in higher by many reviewers than its predecessor.

Countdown to Ecstasy, released in 1973, failed to match the level of commercial success of the first album.

Weiss's stress level shot up when Hutchins came to the session with another unknown rapper named Ecstasy and no rhymes.

According to Fuller, as quoted in Wood biography Nightmare of Ecstasy ( 1992 ), she first met Ed Wood when she attended a casting call with a friend for a movie he was supposed to direct called Behind Locked Doors: it has also been stated that they met in a restaurant.

Beltram was referenced as a pioneer in the late 1990s house music scene by Daft Punk, in their song " Teachers " off their 1997 debut album, Homework and author, Simon Reynolds, credited Beltram with having " revolutionized techno twice before the age of 21 ," when describing both " Energy Flash " and " Mentasm " in his book Generation Ecstasy.

In January 1997, Brian Harvey was engulfed in a drug-related controversy when he claimed that he had taken Ecstasy pills on a night out, stating in the press that " It's cool to take drugs " and claiming that Ecstasy " can make you a better person ".

Ecstasy is an inner emotional perception, and may be restrained in outward expression when suited.

It's only when the guests head for the pool to play truth games on Ecstasy while Leigh and Cumming head for the hills for a Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

She gained fame after starring in Gustav Machatý's Ecstasy, a film which featured closeups of her character during orgasm in one scene, as well as full frontal nude shots of her in another scene, both very unusual for the socially conservative period in which the bulk of her career took place.

* Drunk on the Pope's Blood / The Agony Is The Ecstasy ( 12 " EP ; music by Lydia Lunch on one side )

Typically, he wrote one of the most personal mystical accounts in Judaism, his " Tract on Ecstasy ", that instructs the Chabad follower in the levels of contemplation.

He began using " actual " Bogner amplifiers in the mid-1990s, his main one being the Bogner Ecstasy.

We shared in one: Some vials containing the recreational drug Ecstasy got switched with vials containing methamphetamine, and we wound up publishing a paper we wish we hadn't ".

Grass and Wild Strawberries was one such ; its lyrics were written by Canadian poet and playwright George Ryga (" The Ecstasy of Rita Joe ") complemented by the music of The Collectors.

In September 2007, David hides some Ecstasy tablets, which belong to a friend of Darryl Morton's ( Jonathan Dixon ), in one of Bethany's dolls.

In 1984 they followed the largely synthesised single " Thieves Like Us " with the heavy guitar-drum-bass rumble of " Murder ", a not-too-distant cousin of " Ecstasy " from the Power, Corruption & Lies album.

XM Satellite Radio's The Opie & Anthony Show also open every show with " The Ecstasy of Gold ".

Following the success from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, McLachlan returned in 1997 with Surfacing, her best-selling and best-known album to date.

In 1971, with John Wells, he published the comedy classic A Melon for Ecstasy, about a man who consummates his love affair with a tree.

During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Pomus also wrote several songs with Phil Spector: " Young Boy Blues "; " Ecstasy "; " Here Comes The Night "; " What Am I To Do?

Prior to recording with Albini, the band recorded a second session with John Peel on 22 September and recorded a version of Bob Dylan's " Highway 61 Revisited ," and two new songs " Me Jane " and " Ecstasy.

Ecstasy and Me begins in a despondent mood, with this reference:

The 12 " version of " Torch " featured Cindy Ecstasy singing and exchanging banter in a spoken dialogue section with Marc Almond where they reminisce about their first meeting.

Also, accidental drug overdose was highlighted, with the death of Dolores Molloy's baby Jessica from an accidental Ecstasy overdose.

Thompson, whose mother was Trinidadian and father was Antiguan descent, first drummed for the group Labelle, and then for a short while was a member, with Raymond Jones, of the soul / disco band Ecstasy, Passion & Pain.

Work on the stage with Mike Leigh includes Goosepimples and Ecstasy.

Rusted Root, a jam band who has also had a prolific music career with the songs " Send Me on My Way ", " Ecstasy ", " Heaven ", and " Free my soul ", also call Pittsburgh home.

Baxter appeared with Steely Dan on their first three albums, Can't Buy a Thrill in 1972, Countdown to Ecstasy in 1973, and Pretzel Logic in 1974.

It marks a return to art history for him, treating eight artists through eight key works: Caravaggio's David with the Head of Goliath, Bernini's Ecstasy of St Theresa, Rembrandt's Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis, Jacques-Louis David's The Death Of Marat, J. M. W. Turner's The Slave Ship, Vincent van Gogh's Wheat Field with Crows, Picasso's Guernica, and Mark Rothko's Seagram Murals.

He went on to record the 1986 non-stop forty minute prototype chill-out / house album Designer Beatnik with ex-Duran Duran member Stephen Duffy under the name Dr Calculus mdma ( the cover photo showing the " Spirit of Ecstasy " car mascot.

* The use of some illicit drugs such as MDMA (" Ecstasy ") has been associated with persistent deficits in episodic memory.