Contents

CONTENTS

I. PAGAN PEITY IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD
II. THE GREATER MYSTERIES AT ELEUSIS
III. DIONYSIAN EXCESSES
IV. ORPHIC REFORM
V. THE REGENERATIVE RITES OF THE GREAT MOTHER
VI. DEATH AND REBIRTH IN MITHRAISM
VII. ISIAC INITIATION
VIII. THE NEW BIRTH EXPERIENCE IN HERMETICISM
IX. THE MYSTICISM OF PHILO
X. THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MYSTERY INITIATION

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