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abodes according Æther ancient Apollo Apuleius arcane asserts Bacchante Bacchic Bacchus Baubo beautiful behold body called celebrated ceremonies Ceres condition considered corporeal Dæmons dark death Deianeira deity Demeter Demiurgus denominated descended Diana Dionysus discipline divine doctrine earth Eleusinian Mysteries Eleusis epopt epopteia eternal ETRUSCAN evident fable Faun fountain goddess gods Greek Hades heavens hence Hercules Hierophant hymn Iamblichus initiation intellect intuitive Jupiter lege Lesser Mysteries light likewise manuscript Commentary material nature Minerva moon mundane mystic Naso Nymphs observes occultly Orgies Orpheus Orphic Ovid Phado philosophy Plato Plotinus Pluto poet Proclus profound Proserpina punishment purified quæ reader regions sacred rites Saturn says secret meaning signifies soul spiritual symbol thee theology things thyrsus tion Titans truth Venus virtues vision Zagreus Zeus αἱ γαρ δε δια διο Διος εις εκ εν επι εστι και κατα μεν ουν περί προς τας τε τοις τῳ
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Page 56 - Ibant obscuri sola sub nocte per umbram, Perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna : Quale per incertam lunam sub luce maligna Est iter in silvis, ubi caelum condidit umbra luppiter, et rebus nox abstulit atra colorem.
Page 47 - Therefore speak I to them in parables : because they seeing, see not ; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Page 20 - He it was who introduced into Greece the name of Bacchus, the ceremonial of his worship, and the procession of the phallus. He did not, however, so completely apprehend the whole doctrine as to be able to communicate it entirely, but various sages since his time have carried out his teaching to greater perfection. Still it is certain that Melampus introduced the phallus, and that the Greeks learnt from him the ceremonies which they now practise. I therefore maintain that Melampus, who was a wise...
Page 115 - Behold, Lucius, moved with thy supplications, I am present ; I, who am Nature, the parent of things, mistress of all the elements...
Page 50 - Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat, cum sic orsa loqui vates : ' Sate sanguine divom, 125 Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno ; noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est.
Page 101 - ... accessi confinium mortis et calcato Proserpinae limine per omnia vectus elementa remeavi, nocte media vidi solem candido coruscantem lumine, deos inferos et deos superos accessi coram et adoravi de proxumo.
Page 239 - For we are thy offspring, and we alone of all That live and creep on earth have the power of imitative speech. Therefore will I praise thee, and hymn forever thy power. Thee the wide heaven, which surrounds the earth, obeys; Following where thou wilt, willingly obeying thy law. Thou boldest at thy service, in thy mighty hands, The two-edged, flaming, immortal thunderbolt, Before whose flash all nature trembles.
Page 100 - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.
Page 35 - The first volume of his chief work was published, in 1738, under the title of the Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated on the Principles of a Religious Deist, from the Omission of the Doctrine of a Future State of Rewards and Punishments in the Jewish Dispensation.
Page 103 - Likewise, in consequence of this divine initiation, we became spectators of entire, simple, immovable, and blessed visions, resident in a pure light ; and were ourselves pure and immaculate, and liberated from this surrounding vestment, which we denominate body, and to which we are now bound like an oyster to its shell.