The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries

The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries
Title The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries PDF eBook
Author Thomas Taylor
Publisher Health Research Books
Pages 204
Release 1996-09
Genre History
ISBN 9780787308582

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1875 These observances once represented the spiritual life of Greece, and were considered for two thousand years and more the appointed means for regeneration through an interior union with the Divine Essence. We can learn a valuable lesson in this rega.

The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries

The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries
Title The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries PDF eBook
Author Thomas Taylor
Publisher
Pages 270
Release 1891
Genre Bacchantes
ISBN

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The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries

The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries
Title The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries PDF eBook
Author Thomas Taylor
Publisher New York : J.W. Bouton
Pages 204
Release 1875
Genre Religion
ISBN

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Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World

Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World
Title Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World PDF eBook
Author Jan N. Bremmer
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 286
Release 2014-07-28
Genre Religion
ISBN 3110376997

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The ancient Mysteries have long attracted the interest of scholars, an interest that goes back at least to the time of the Reformation. After a period of interest around the turn of the twentieth century, recent decades have seen an important study of Walter Burkert (1987). Yet his thematic approach makes it hard to see how the actual initiation into the Mysteries took place. To do precisely that is the aim of this book. It gives a ‘thick description’ of the major Mysteries, not only of the famous Eleusinian Mysteries, but also those located at the interface of Greece and Anatolia: the Mysteries of Samothrace, Imbros and Lemnos as well as those of the Corybants. It then proceeds to look at the Orphic-Bacchic Mysteries, which have become increasingly better understood due to the many discoveries of new texts in the recent times. Having looked at classical Greece we move on to the Roman Empire, where we study not only the lesser Mysteries, which we know especially from Pausanias, but also the new ones of Isis and Mithras. We conclude our book with a discussion of the possible influence of the Mysteries on emerging Christianity. Its detailed references and up-to-date bibliography will make this book indispensable for any scholar interested in the Mysteries and ancient religion, but also for those scholars who work on initiation or esoteric rituals, which were often inspired by the ancient Mysteries.

The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites

The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites
Title The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites PDF eBook
Author Dudley Wright
Publisher Good Press
Pages 71
Release 2021-04-25
Genre Fiction
ISBN

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This brochure by Brother Wright, a Masonic scholar of Oxford, England, contains the ripest scholarship on Eleusis, its rites, symbols, and legends. This study of the Grecian mysteries shows the ties between the rituals celebrated in the 7th century BC and the 19th cent Freemasonry tradition. As the author noted, there is a striking resemblance in many points to the Operative and Speculative Freemasonry practices, which laid the basis of this work.

Mystery Cults of the Ancient World

Mystery Cults of the Ancient World
Title Mystery Cults of the Ancient World PDF eBook
Author Hugh Bowden
Publisher
Pages 266
Release 2010
Genre History
ISBN

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A richly illustrated history of antiquity's secret religious rituals This is the first book to describe and explain all of the ancient world's major mystery cults--one of the most intriguing but least understood aspects of Greek and Roman religion. In the nocturnal Mysteries at Eleusis, participants dramatically re-enacted the story of Demeter's loss and recovery of her daughter Persephone; in the Bacchic cult, bands of women ran wild in the Greek countryside to honor Dionysus; and in the mysteries of Mithras, men came to understand the nature of the universe and their place within it through frightening initiation ceremonies and astrological teachings. These cults were an important part of life in the ancient Mediterranean world, but their actual practices were shrouded in secrecy, and many of their features have remained unclear until now. By richly illustrating the evidence from ancient art and archaeology, and drawing on enlightening new work in the anthropology and cognitive science of religion, Mystery Cults of the Ancient World allows readers to imagine as never before what it was like to take part in these ecstatic and life-changing religious rituals--and what they meant to those who participated in them. Stunning images of Greek painted pottery, Roman frescoes, inscribed gold tablets from Greek and South Italian tombs, and excavated remains of religious sanctuaries help show what participants in these initiatory cults actually did and experienced. A fresh and accessible introduction to a fascinating subject, this is a book that will interest general readers, as well as students and scholars of classics and religion.

The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries

The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries
Title The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries PDF eBook
Author Thomas Taylor
Publisher Library of Alexandria
Pages 213
Release 1891-01-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1465580085

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