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Winding Paths into Inexpressible Darkness: Ancient Mystery Cults

This course explores the Mysteries of the Mediterranean world, namely, the secretive rituals associated with the Great Mother Cybele, Demeter, Dionysus, Orpheus, Isis, Mithras, and Christ. We will travel vertically, from plumbing the deep caves of Gaia to straining at the furthest reaches of our sky-seeking fear-shaken imagination. Though they hid from us what they were up to (“mystery” root word, mu, means to keep your mouth shut), nonetheless we will try to get a sense of what deep meaning women and men found there, bathed in blood, gripped by terror, dying to be reborn.

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