Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and DaughterPrinceton University Press, 1991 - 257 páginas The 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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Contenido
The Geographical and Chronological Setting | 5 |
The Mysteries at the Time of Xerxes 480 BC and of Valentinian AD 364 | 7 |
Testimonies to the Beatitude of the Initiates | 11 |
The End of the Mysteries | 14 |
The Question of the Origins | 16 |
The Mythological Setting | 24 |
The Two Goddesses | 25 |
The Myths concerning Demeter | 28 |
On the Threshold of the Telesterion | 80 |
In the Telesterion | 86 |
The Eleusinian Version of the Visio Beatifica | 93 |
Part Two | 101 |
A Hermeneutical Essay on the Mysteries | 103 |
The Uniqueness of the Eleusinian Mysteries | 110 |
The Relation of the Mysteries to the Grain | 118 |
Pomegranate and Vine | 128 |
Rape and Mourning | 32 |
Demeters Journey to Hades | 40 |
The Lesser Mysteries and the Preparations for the Great Mysteries | 43 |
What Happened by the Ilissos? | 46 |
The Purification of Herakles | 50 |
The Cost of Initiation | 57 |
The Procession to Eleusis | 58 |
The Secret of Eleusis | 65 |
Through the Gateways and the Courtyard | 70 |
Duality | 142 |
Eubouleus | 167 |
The Preparation and Effect of the Kykeon | 175 |
Concerning the Vessels That Were Carried on the Head in the Procession | 179 |
Abbreviations | 187 |
Notes | 189 |
Lists of Works Cited | 215 |
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