The American Minervan

Tag: Aristophanes

  • The Liberator-God in Ancient Religion: Salvation and Resurrection of the Initiated

    The Liberator-God in Ancient Religion: Salvation and Resurrection of the Initiated

    Resurrection of the DEAD and the Liberation of MAN in the MYSTERIES. Initiates, as Lovers of Education and WISDOM. THE DRAMA OF GRADUATION IN THE MYSTERIES Think only the Greeks and Romans celebrated the MYSTERIES? As Francis Bacon once said, Ipsa scientia potestas est (“Knowledge itself is power”)—Meditationes Sacrae, 1597. I must be INITIATED, ere I die!!—Aristophanes, Eirene (“Peace” Comedy). The…