mystery religion

The mystery religions gave knowledge about life after death and instructions for the journey.

Any similarities must, therefore have been because the mystery religions took from Christianity.

She is the leading deity of the Greek mystery religions.

But the ancient mystery religions had held their major rites underground.

Maybe it was a mystery religion on the sly.

The central importance of sacred meals in mystery religions is acknowledged.

In the mystery religions, the couple are sometimes represented as the Sun and Moon.

As with some esoteric mystery religion, it seems, the peasants only hear what the priests want them to.

Fascination with mystery religion aroused a continuing interest in the site though the 17th and 18th centuries.

It lacked depth, had no philosophical background and seemed like a new version of the mystery religions.

A "mystikos" was an initiate of a mystery religion.

Julian's religious beliefs were syncretic and he was an initiate of at least three mystery religions.

Apuleius himself was drawn to mystery religions, particularly the cult of Isis.

Mystery religions require a period of indoctrination before granting access to esoteric knowledge.

He found all mystery religions dangerous now.

Like all mystery religions,she veiled her truths under the guide of allegory and symbol.

Later Roman mystery religions often included similar brief displays of images to excited worshippers.

Kneeling also played a role in initiation ritual for mystery religion, which offered the promise of rebirth.

I left out the Oriental mystery religions.

They aimed to construct a general "mystery theology" or common "mystery religion."

First, there's no hard evidence that any mystery religion believed in gods dying and rising, until after the New Testament period.

The religion, which apparently originated in the late 1980s, is secretive and bears some similarity to mystery religions.

Jewish religion, spawned by Persian religion, had some beliefs of the mystery religions.

Another mystery religion was focused around Dionysus.

The mystery religions consisted of a series of initiations, benefiting the individual or their society.