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The Eleusinian Mysteries: Secret Rites That Shaped Greek Religion
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Eleusinian Mysteries, the most famous secret religious rites of ancient Greece. They trace the myth of Demeter and Persephone, the rituals at Eleusis including the Telesterion and the Anaktoron, and the role of the hierophant. They discuss what little we know about the secret core of the Mysteries — the epopteia — and the theories of entheogenic kykeon. The conversation also covers the Mysteries' spread under the Roman Empire, their suppression by Theodosius I in 392 CE, and the archaeological evidence from the Greater and Lesser Propylaea…
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