Theos-Talk Archives (April 1996 Message tl00679)

At 06:07 PM 4/17/96 -0400, you wrote:
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>Alex,
>
>Thanks for the info, however before I make up my mind either way, may I ask
>how you come by your info.
>
>Inquisitive Nick.

>Subject: Re: Eleusinian
>Date: Wednesday, April 17, 1996 3:50PM
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>At 06:47 AM 4/17/96 -0400, you wrote:
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>>Eldon,
>>Good point.  Like John Algeos' video on initiation, John seems to think
>that
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>>the elysian (I hope this is spelled right)  mysteries (the higher and
>lower)
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>>consisted of the same teaching.  The people receiving them were looking at
>>the same thing but receiving it at the level their development permitted.
>> This is the best my memory can do of a tape I viewed over a year ago.
>>
>>Nick
>> ----------
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>>Nick:
>
>It's Eleusinian, after the City of Eleusis, and John Algeo is incorrect.
>There were Public Mysteries, which were sort of Dramatic presentations of
>certain esoteric truths at the simplest level and these were for everyone.
>There were festivals call The Eleusinia at which almost everyone among the
>citizenry (in Greece a highly limited class) could participate. Secondly
>there was a higher level mystery at which only prospective Mystae were
>permitted, and lastly there were the inner mysteries in which only fully
>initiated mystae could participate. Each of these levels was different, the
>"demonstrations" were entirely different, and the results were entirely
>different.
>
>alexis
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