Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy

194 Eleusinian andTrapfO[Jiy]p(pnpoy,Xo,tsXeorirjv %ac TTJVttco[j,a)cav iratyvtov O jaav TOO [3iovTpaya)5cav 5ia ta Tca^v], xat TTJV tsXey-TYJV.O jx,apa xaXco^ of ^(OJJLI^GC TOIC Tpay^otc(o^ \rr\ Atovoaiaxotc oootv, Xsyovoio o^5sv Taota Trpo^ TOV Atovuaov. Kspaovoc5s TO^TOCC 6 Zsu, TO^) -icspaDvoSTUia-cpocpsv TuopyapSTCC ta ava>oov aotoyc; Tupo^ saotov. N But bythe members of Dionysus being firstboiledin water by the Titans, and afterward roastedby the fire,the outgoingintellect into matter, and itsor distribution ofsubsequent returning from thence, is evidently implied :for water was considered by the Egyptians,as we have already observed, as the symbolof matter ;and fire is the natural symbol ofascending. The heart of Dionysus too, is,with the greatest propriety, said to be preserved by Minerva; for this goddessis theguardian of life, of which the heart is a symbol. So that this part of the fable plainlysignifies, that while intellectual or spiritual