The Ancient World’s Most Mysterious Religious Cults: The History of the Cult of the Apis Bull, the Eleusinian Mysteries, and the Mysteries of Mithras

The Cult of the Apis Bull: The History and Legacy of Ancient Egypt’s Most Famous Sacred Animal

*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Include

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History of Religious Ideas, Volume 1: From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries 9780226147697

"No one has done so much as Mr. Eliade to inform literature students in the West about 'primitive' and Or

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The Roman Cult of Mithras: The God and His Mysteries 9781474465793

Since its publication in Germany Manfred Clauss's introduction to the Roman Mithras cult has become widely accepted

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The religion of the Mithras cult in the Roman Empire mysteries of the unconquered sun 0198140894, 9780191712128, 0191712124

Robert Beck describes Mithraism from the point of view of the initiate, engaging with the religion and its rich symbolic

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The Mysteries of Mithras: A Different Account 3161551125, 9783161551123

In this work, Attilio Mastrocinque cautions against an approach to Mithraism based on the belief that this mystic cult r

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Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World 9783110299298

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The Greatest Mysteries of the Ancient World: Stonehenge, the Sphinx, and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

*Includes pictures *Discusses theories attempting to explain the mysteries *Includes bibliographies for further reading

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The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries [1 ed.]

Thomas Taylor's essay on the ancient initiation rituals of Eleusis and Bacchus. The inner teachings of these an

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Master of the Mysteries 9781934170663

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The Mysteries of Tarot 9781944767952

How to Read the Cards for Transformation When Tarot reader Hyperion Night sent his manuscript, The Mysteries of Tarot, t

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