Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy

"RevoltGlossary. 247A rolling away, the career of the soul in its descent fromthe pristine divine condition.Science The knowledge of universal, necessary, unchangeable,Showsand eternal ideas.The peculiar dramatic representations of the Mysteries.Telete, Greek TsXcTY]The finishing or consummation;Mysteries.Theologist A teacher of the literature relating to the gods.Theoretical Perceptive.Torch bearer A priest who bore a torch at the Mysteries.the LesserTitans The beings who made war against Kronos or Saturn. E.TitanicPococke identifies them with the Daityas of India, who resistedthe Brahmans.In the Orphic legend, they are described asslaying the child Bacchus-Zagreus.Relating to the nature of Titans.Transmigration The passage of the soul from one condition ofbeing to another. This has not any necessary reference toany rehabilitation in a corporeal nature, or body of flesh andblood. See I Corinthians, XV.Virtue A good mental condition; a stable disposition.Virtues Agencies, rites, influences. Cathartic Virtues Purifying ritesor influences.Wisdom The knowledge of things as they exist ;in truth."the approachto God as the substance of goodnessWorld The cosmos, the universe, as distinguished from the earthand human existence upon it.iEleusiuiau Priest and Assistants.