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Later on, Orphic mysteries became a part of the Bacchanalia.

Orphic mysteries held in honor of Dionysus-Zagreus were performed only by devoted unmarried men.

He was a firm believer in Orphic mysteries, as well as a scientific thinker and a precursor of physical science.

In the ancient mediterranean world, the Cult of Dionysus and the Orphic mysteries used wine as part of their religious practices.

It has been suggested by Comyns Beaumont that the Orphic mysteries may have had their origins with the Cabeiri.

As in the Eleusinian mysteries, initiation into Orphic mysteries promised advantages in the afterlife.

At Lesbos Apollonius visited the ancient temple of the Orphic mysteries, which in early years had been a great centre of prophecy and divination.

The Orphic mysteries originated as a ritual which focused on purification and the afterlife; the mysteries were based on the stories of Dionysus Zagreus.

In this system can be distinguished not only the asceticism of Pythagoras and the later mysticism of Plato, but also the influence of the Orphic mysteries and of Oriental philosophy.

His paintings are rich with musical and poetic references influenced by 'Greek mythology, orphic mysteries and fantasies of Asia, where we are led by Gustave Moreau' remarked Louis Vauxcelles.

Another imported religion was the Orphic mysteries from Greece, which claimed that the human soul was of divine origin, that human nature was divided between good and evil, and that one's soul could rise above humanity's inherited evil.