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... and the mystery of her motherhood have been for the male no less impressive
imprinting forces than the fears and mysteries of the world of nature itself . ” 28
Obviously there was a very ancient and powerful tangle of relationships between
a ...
... and the mystery of her motherhood have been for the male no less impressive
imprinting forces than the fears and mysteries of the world of nature itself . ” 28
Obviously there was a very ancient and powerful tangle of relationships between
a ...
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Never will he who has had no part in [ the Mysteries ] share in such things . He
will be a dead man , in sultry darkness . * een comparedes of Eleubitter hope . t
only to Veteries : Pindar and Sophocles also distinguish between the initiate and
...
Never will he who has had no part in [ the Mysteries ] share in such things . He
will be a dead man , in sultry darkness . * een comparedes of Eleubitter hope . t
only to Veteries : Pindar and Sophocles also distinguish between the initiate and
...
Page 242
The real meaning of the Mysteries was this reintegration of death and birth , at a
time when patriarchal splitting may have seemed about to sever them entirely . At
the end of the ceremonies , according to C . Kerenyi , whose study of Eleusis I ...
The real meaning of the Mysteries was this reintegration of death and birth , at a
time when patriarchal splitting may have seemed about to sever them entirely . At
the end of the ceremonies , according to C . Kerenyi , whose study of Eleusis I ...
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