The Eleusinian and Bacchic MysteriesHealth Research Books, 1996 - 196 pages 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. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 2 |
Section 3 | 58 |
Section 4 | 66 |
Section 5 | 120 |
Section 6 | 138 |
Section 7 | 158 |
Section 8 | 159 |
Section 9 | 166 |
Section 10 | 169 |
Other editions - View all
The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries: A Dissertation Thomas Taylor,Alexander Wilder No preview available - 2016 |
The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries: A Dissertation, 3D Ed (Classic Reprint) Thomas Taylor No preview available - 2015 |
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