Why this word is great
TRANSVERBERATION — [Noun] A form of religious ecstasy characterized by a piercing sensation, often associated with mystical experiences. From the Latin transverberatio ("empiercement"), derived from transverberare ("to pierce through"), combining trans- ("across") and verberare ("to strike, lash"). Unlike "rapture" (which refers to a general state of spiritual joy) or "stigmatization" (which involves visible wounds), transverberation is an invisible, interior lance-strike—a wound that leaves no scar but aches eternally. It is Teresa of Ávila’s golden spear driven through the heart, the sudden cold fire of divine longing in the chest, the silent shiver of a soul pinned like a moth to the unbearable light. To be pierced is to be known.