Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and DaughterThe Sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. Looking at the tendency to "see visions," C. Kerenyi examines the Mysteries of Eleusis from the standpoint not only of Greek myth but also of human nature. Kerenyi holds that the yearly autumnal "mysteries" were based on the ancient myth of Demeter's search for her ravished daughter Persephone--a search that he equates not only with woman's quest for completion but also with every person's pursuit of identity. As he explores what the content of the mysteries may have been for those who experienced them, he draws on the study of archaeology, objects of art, and religious history, and suggests rich parallels from other mythologies. |
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... Eleusinian mysteries. 2. Eleusis (Greece)—Religion. I. Title. II. Series: Kerényi, Karl, 1897–1973. Archetypal images in Greek religion; v. 4. III. Series: Bollingen Series; 65-4. IV. Series: Mythos (Princeton, N.J.) BL795. E5K413 1991 ...
... Eleusinian Version of the Visio Beatifica Part Two v A Hermeneutical Essay on the Mysteries Introductory Observations The Uniqueness of the Eleusinian Mysteries The Relation of the Mysteries to the Grain Pomegranate and Vine Duality ...
... Mysteries. Terra-cotta relief. Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano. From Mitteilungen des Deutschen archäologischen Instituts, Römische Abteilung (Rome), XXV (1910), pl. VI. P: DAI, Rome. Goddess sprinkling an Eleusinian hero (probably with ...
... Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries, copyright © 1961 by Princeton University Press; and to The Soncino Press Limited for quotations from a translation by Jacob Schachter and H. Freedman of the tractate Sanhedrin in The Babylonian ...
... Eleusis. Even so, it contained more than an attempt at reconstruction. Unfortunately, it was already in print when G. E. Mylonas' book Eleusis and the Eleusiniam Mysteries appeared. This publication for the first time made possible a ...