Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy

Bacchic Mysteries. 221stormy, and perpetually rolling without admitting any periods of repose And ?is notthe sun emerging from its boisterous deeps aperspicuous symbol of the higher spiritualnature, apparently rising from the dark andand conferfluctuating material receptacle,ring form and beauty on the sensible universe through its light ? I say apparentlyrising, for though the spiritual nature alwaysdiffuses itssplendor with invariable energy,yet it is not always perceived by the subjectsof its illuminations :besides, as psychical natures can only receive partially and fttintervals the benefits of the divine irradiation;hence fables regarding this temporal participation transfer,for the purposeof concealment and in conformity to the phenomena,the imperfectionsuch as are supreme.fore, of the rising sun,of subordinate natures toThis description, thereis a most beautifulsymbol of the new birth of Bacchus, which,as we have already observed, implies nothingmore than the rising of intellectual light, andits consequentorders of existence.manifestation to subordinate