In Reply to: Nothing new under the sun posted by Perry on September 22, 2004 at 20:07:26:
At the Coronoro Chapel of St. Mary of the Victory in Rome:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.boglewood.com/cornaro/xteresafull.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.boglewood.com/cornaro/xteresa.html&h=577&w=400&sz=66&tbnid=Rdo-0MifFOcJ:&tbnh=131&tbnw=91&start=2&prev=/images%3Fq%3DTeresa%2BAvila%2BEcstasy%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8
P.S. To to my blind friend: Work with the link till you get it...you'll find a powerful visual woodcarving by a Renaissance scuptor (Bellina) of Theresa of Avila in a state of ecstacy (with lots of descriptive words). Therese is being pierced by cupids' feignt sword just before the moment of her divine union with God. Dunno which person of that trinitarian thing she's doing in this work of Italian art, but it was there in her head somewhere if you look for it. My guess: Jesu Redemptorus. It's a womanist soldier of God form of human experience.