[PDF.75yg] The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts

The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts

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 | #422464 in Books |  1999-04-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.21 x.59 x6.14l,.98 | File type: PDF | 280 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| An immense resource for students of ancient pagan cults|By Doug Welch|Best one stop shop for texts, incantations, songs and other primary sources relating to the actual liturgies of ancient initiated cults. During the disastrous period of the Roman Crisis of the Third Century the official cult of traditional Olympian gods had fallen out of popularity and was widely augmented wi| ||"Unlike most books on 'ancient mysteries,' this one is based on careful reading of the original texts in their original languages. It is a competent, intelligent, and sympathetic study of which the original conclusions deserve careful consideration."—Mo

Zeus and the other gods of shining Olympus were in reality divine only by popular consent. Over the course of time Olympian luster diminished in favor of religious experiences more immediate to the concerns of people living in an increasingly cosmopolitan ancient world. These experiences were provided by the mysteries, religions that flourished particularly during the Hellenistic period and were secretly practiced by groups of adherents who decided, through personal c...

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