Tag Archives: Orphic gold plates

The Tree of Life as Nurturing Mother

By David Larsen | Published: July 12, 2009
Before moving on further into the contents of the Orphic Gold Plates, I would like to look with more detail into a motif touched upon in my last post in this series.  I described how the Orphic inscriptions instruct the soul that they are to pass by the guardians in order to be able to [...]
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Instructions for the Netherworld: The Orphic Gold Tablets

By David Larsen | Published: June 18, 2009
Introduction to the Orphic Gold Tablets As I have been promising for some time now, I would now like to introduce you to the Orphic Gold Tablets, a series of small gold tablets/plates that have been discovered in southern Europe buried with the dead and offering to the same instructions regarding what they should do and [...]
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A Short Note on Mystery Religions, Christianity and the Telestial World

By David Larsen | Published: March 31, 2009
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 [...]
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