Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy

188 Eleusinian and//life is so vehemently allured ;and amongthe rest, he was particularly captivated withbeholding his image in a mirror ; during hisadmiration of which, he was miserably tornin pieces by the Titans; who, not contentwith this cruelty, first boiled his members inwater, and afterwards roasted them by thefire. But while they were tasting his fleshthus dressed, Jupiter, roused by the odor,and perceiving the cruelty of the deed,hurled his thunder at the Titans ;but committed the members ofBacchus to Apollo,his brother, that they might be properly interred. And this being performed, Dionysus (whose heart during his laceration wassnatched away by Pallas and preserved), bya new regeneration again emerged, andbeing restored to his pristine life and integnameZagreus is evidently Chakra, or ruler of the earth. TheHera who compassed his death is Aira, the wife of Buddha and;the Titans are the Daityas, or apostate tribes of India.The doctrine of metempsychosis is expressed by the swallowing of the heartof the murdered child, so as to reabsorb his soul, and bring himanew into existence as the son of Semele.of Bacchus have Hindu characteristics ;Indeed, all the storiesand his cultus is a partof the serpent worship of the ancients. The evidence appears tous unequivocal. A. W.