Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy

Glossary. 245Interpreter continued.wisdom to be unfolded. It has been suggested by the Rev.JustMr. Hyslop, that the Pope derived his claim, as the successorof Peter, from his succession to the rank and function ofthe Hierophant of the Mysteries, and not from the celebratedApostle, who probably was never in Rome.Productive of justice.justice The harmony or perfect proportionalaction of all thepowers of the soul, and comprising equity, veracity, fidelity,usefulness, benevolence, and purity of mind, or holiness.Judgment A peremptory decision covering a disputed matter;also iavo .a, dianoia, or understanding.Knowledge A comprehension by the mind of fact not to be overthrown or modified by argument.LegislativeRegulating.Lesser Mysteries The TsXsia-., teletai, or ceremonies of purification, which were celebrated at Agree,prior to full initiationat Eleusis. Those initiated on this occasion were styledfXDorai, mysta, from pja>,muo, to vail; and their initiationwas called JJWY]G:C, muesis, or vailing, as expressive of beingvailed from the former life.Magic Persian mag, Sanscrit maha, great. Relating to the orderof the Magi of Persia and Assyria.Material daemons Spirits of a nature so gross as to be able toassume visible bodies like individuals still living on the Earth.MatterThe elements of the world, and especially of the humanbody, in which the idea of evil is contained and the soulincarcerated. Greek 6X-rj,Rule or Hyle.Mucsis, Greek fromfxov]0 .c, jxoto,to vail The last act in theLesser Mysteries, or -csXsTat, teletai, denoting the separating ofthe initiate from the former exotic life.Mysteries Sacred dramas performed at stated periods. Themost celebrated were those of Isis, Sabazius, Cybele, andEleusis.