[PDF] The Ancient Mysteries eBook

Author : Marvin W. Meyer
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 39,50 MB
Release : 1999-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812216929

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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 choice, to be initiated into the profound realities of one deity or another. Unlike the official state religions, in which people were expected to make an outward show of allegiance to the local gods, the mysteries emphasized an inwardness and privacy of worship within a closed band of initiates. In this book, Marvin W. Meyer explores the sacrifices and prayers, the public celebrations and secret ceremonies, the theatrical performances and literary works, the gods and goddesses that were a part of the mystery religions of Greece in the seventh century B.C. to the Judaism and Christianity of the Roman world of the seventh century A.D.

Author : Alan Landsburg
Publisher : Corgi
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 34,64 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Reference
ISBN :

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The evidence is overwhelming! Before human history was written a race of beings traveled to Earth across the voides of space. This book is the most explosive inquiry into man's beginnings since Darwin challenged the Bible!

Author : Charles E. Sellier
Publisher : Dell
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,49 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Antiquities
ISBN : 9780440218050

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How did the gigantic stones get to Stonehenge? What are huge, underwater stone walls doing off the coast of the Bahamas--in the place that psychic Edgar Cayce said Atlantis once existed? What are the ancient world's links to the "face" seen on Mars? Join the author in this baffling, intriguing, controversial journey that gets to the heart of each of these mysteries.

Author : Walter Burkert
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 34,10 MB
Release : 1989-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0674253159

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The foremost historian of Greek religion provides the first comprehensive, comparative study of a little-known aspect of ancient religious beliefs and practices. Secret mystery cults flourished within the larger culture of the public religion of Greece and Rome for roughly a thousand years. This book is neither a history nor a survey but a comparative phenomenology, concentrating on five major cults. In defining the mysteries and describing their rituals, membership, organization, and dissemination, Walter Burkert displays the remarkable erudition we have come to expect of him; he also shows great sensitivity and sympathy in interpreting the experiences and motivations of the devotees.

Author : Robert Ellis Cahill
Publisher : Old Saltbox
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 30,21 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9780962616242

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"Called the ""Reader's Digest of New England Archaeology,"" by experts in the field, this book covers all finds and sits by amateur and professional ancient artifact hunters since America was first settled. Hundreds of messages were cut into stone by unknown ancient settlers. Carved faces, well-made homes of rock, Celtic ritual sites, dolmens, and other ancient remnants are scattered throughout the New England states, making it quite apparent that visitors from other lands lived here hundreds of years before Columbus discovered America. Ancient coins, weapons, lamps, containers and art objects have been uncovered as well -- all well documented and described, with photos in this fascinating book."

Author : Jan N. Bremmer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 10,14 MB
Release : 2014-07-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3110376997

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The ancient Mysteries have long attracted the interest of scholars, an interest that goes back at least to the time of the Reformation. After a period of interest around the turn of the twentieth century, recent decades have seen an important study of Walter Burkert (1987). Yet his thematic approach makes it hard to see how the actual initiation into the Mysteries took place. To do precisely that is the aim of this book. It gives a ‘thick description’ of the major Mysteries, not only of the famous Eleusinian Mysteries, but also those located at the interface of Greece and Anatolia: the Mysteries of Samothrace, Imbros and Lemnos as well as those of the Corybants. It then proceeds to look at the Orphic-Bacchic Mysteries, which have become increasingly better understood due to the many discoveries of new texts in the recent times. Having looked at classical Greece we move on to the Roman Empire, where we study not only the lesser Mysteries, which we know especially from Pausanias, but also the new ones of Isis and Mithras. We conclude our book with a discussion of the possible influence of the Mysteries on emerging Christianity. Its detailed references and up-to-date bibliography will make this book indispensable for any scholar interested in the Mysteries and ancient religion, but also for those scholars who work on initiation or esoteric rituals, which were often inspired by the ancient Mysteries.

Author : J. C. Vintner
Publisher : AEM Publishing
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 15,99 MB
Release : 2011-09-02
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :

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Beginner's Guide to Ancient Earth Mysteries: Is humanity the first creation of intelligent beings? Do similar human-type species exist throughout the cosmos? If so, have those species mastered technologies only to self-destruct in an unfortunate series of events? The Universe is unbelievably enormous, this is undisputed. It's extremely selfish to think we are the only existing intelligent life. Science and religion are on the verge of discovering the truth. Super ancient societies and their archaeological evidence uncovered to this day is a vault of stored information waiting to be unlocked. All we need to do is find the key. Help us uncover the truth by learning about Ancient Earth Mysteries.

Author : Wendy Conklin
Publisher : Teacher Created Resources
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 43,2 MB
Release : 2005-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 1420630490

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Challenge students to explore several important unexplained events that helped shape history. Students use primary source materials, posters, and simulations to find clues and to make informed decisions about these events. There are no right or wrong answers. These real-life mysteries encourage students to research, think, debate, and form conclusions.

Author : Glenn Kreisberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 11,73 MB
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1591438055

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Cutting-edge thinkers on the origins of civilization, the Giza pyramids, pre-Columbian and early America, and the power of human consciousness • With contributions by David Frawley, Geoff Stray, Joscelyn Godwin, Daniel Pinchbeck, Antoine Gigal, and others • Topics range from the origins of the Inca to the architecture of the Giza plateau to unified theories of physics and consciousness • Companion volume to Lost Knowledge of the Ancients As we pull back the curtain from the European version of history, we discover the vast depth of knowledge of our ancient ancestors--knowledge that not only dispels our image of them as primitive peoples but also corresponds with the forefront of modern science, philosophy, and spirituality. With contributions by David Frawley, Geoff Stray, Joscelyn Godwin, Daniel Pinchbeck, Antoine Gigal, and other provocative, cutting-edge thinkers, this collection of essays commissioned by Graham Hancock, bestselling author of Fingerprints of the Gods, represents the latest, often controversial findings in alternative science, history, archaeology, and consciousness research. Covering topics ranging from the origins of the Inca and the secrets hidden in Vedic literature, to the architecture of the Giza pyramids and the Sphinx, to unified theories of physics and consciousness, this book shows how, by recovering our lost history, we too can experience the higher consciousness and advanced wisdom of the ancients.

Author : Brian M. Fagan
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,11 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Civilization, Ancient
ISBN : 9780500510506

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Describes various issues in mythology and prehistoric and ancient history, from the Garden of Eden to the effects of meteor impacts, including tombs, writing systems, and the fall of civilizations, and suggests explanations.