Description
Mystery Initiations in the Graeco-Roman World, or Pagan Regeneration by Harold Willoughby takes us on a journey through the metaphysics of ancient times. From the Delphic Oracles and Pythia, to extreme sublimation in the form of Dionysian excesses, we get a very acute sense of the pagan mind in its highest spiritual aspects.
With the advent of Mithraism, and explorations into the inner-circles of Hermeticism, we can envision a world of true knowledge and that sense of wonder at even the most trivial novelties. A superb talent for illustrative writing, Willoughby lifts the veil of the ancient mysteries of Greece and Rome, pulling us back to a time when the world was still in its infant-stages of understanding the axiomatic ‘As above, so below…’
CONTENTS
PREFACE
Chapter I: PAGAN PIETY IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD
Chapter II: THE GREATER MYSTERIES AT ELEUSIS
Chapter III: DIONYSIAN EXCESSES
Chapter IV: ORPHIC REFORM
Chapter V: THE REGENERATIVE RITES OF THE GREAT MOTHER
Chapter VI: DEATH AND REBIRTH IN MITHRAISM
Chapter VII: ISIAC INITIATION
Chapter VIII: THE NEW BIRTH EXPERIENCE IN HERMETICISM
Chapter IX: THE MYSTICISM OF PHILO
Chapter X: THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MYSTERY INITIATION
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