Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy

Bacchic Mysteries. 157Pluto hurries Proserpina into the infernalregions in other words, the soul is sunk:into the profound depth and darkness of amaterial nature. A description of her marriage next succeeds, her union with the darktenement of the body :Jam suus inferno proeesserat Hesperus orbiDueitur in thalamum virgo. Stat pronuba juxtaStellaiites Nox picta sinus, tangensque cubileOmina perpetuo genitalia federe sancit.Night is with great beauty and propriety introduced as standing by the nuptial couch,and confirming the oblivious league. Forthe soul through her union with a materialbody becomes an inhabitant of darkness, andsubject to the empire of night in conse;quence of which she dwells wholly with delusive phantoms, and till she breaks herfetters is deprived of the intuitive perception of that which is real and true.In the next place, we are presented withthe following beautiful and pathetic description of Proserpina appearing in a dream to