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Eleusis Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter Paperback - 1991

by Carl Kerenyi


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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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MODERN DEVELOPMENTS have dealt kindly with the natural settings of nearly all the most celebrated holy places of the ancient Greek religion.

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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.

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  • Title Eleusis Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter
  • Author Carl Kerenyi
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Paperback
  • Pages 516
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date August 12, 1991
  • ISBN 9780691019154
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
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