The Ancient Mysteries : A Source book
Sacred Texts of the Mystery Religions
of the Ancient Mediterranean World
Marvin W. Meyer (Editor)
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Who you gonna trust? The ancients.
Believing scholars shade the facts in favor of the myth.
Non-believers exaggerate and make up facts and connections as a way to
attack the church.
So who are you
going to trust? That's up to you. I trust the ancients
-- people alive back when Christianity began, and before. That's
what this book is about.
This is a sourcebook,
is a collection of primary documents -- excerpts
from ancient authors who wrote about Pagan religion and early Christianity.
It's a great collection, with the original text of most of the
standard ancient references to the pagan mystery religions.
This is
a powerful book. You'll discover firsthand, right from the pens of
the ancients themselves, that Dionysus came to earth "incognito,
disguised as a man"; that Pagan Gods died and were reborn with the
meaning that "the God is saved, and we shall have salvation."; that
pagans had initiation ceremonies seen as "a voluntary death",
sacred meals shared with the God, ceremonial
washing, Pagan miracles, a Godman who changed
water into wine, and a Pagan version of the great flood.
And much more.
Wow.
An important book
that no serious student will be without. Highly recommended.
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