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A Short Note on Mystery Religions, Christianity and the Telestial World
In recent studies for school, I have had to look into the subject of the “mystery” cults that existed in many parts of the ancient world in the early Christian era. I just wanted to post a brief description of what these mystery religions entailed, as I found them very interesting and think some of [...]
Posted in Early Christianity, Heavenly Ascents, Temple Also tagged Deification, eleusinian mysteries, Initiation, orphic, Orphic gold plates, Telestai, Telesterion, Telestial World 8 Comments
The Orphic Gold Tablets: “The Longed-For Crown”