Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy
Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy
Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy
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<strong>Bacchic</strong> <strong>Mysteries</strong>. 195life is distributed into the universe, its principle is preserved entire by the guardianpower <strong>and</strong> providence of the Divine intelligence.And as Apollois the source of allunion <strong>and</strong> harmony, <strong>and</strong> as he is called byProclus, "the key-keeper of the fountain of* the reason is obviouslife,"why the members of Dionysus, which were buried by thisdeity, again emerged by a new generation,<strong>and</strong> were restored to their pristine integrity<strong>and</strong> life. But let it here be carefully observed, that renovation, when applied to thegods, is to be considered as secretly implyingthe rising of their proper light, <strong>and</strong> its consequent appearance toAnd thatsubordinate natures.punishment, when considered astaking place about beings of a nature superiorto mankind, signifies nothing more than asecondary providence over such beings whichisof a punishing character, <strong>and</strong> which subsists about souls that deteriorate. Hence,then, from what has been said, we mayeasily collect the ultimate design of the firstpart of this mystic fable for it; appears to be*Hymnto the Sun.
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