Sunday, July 23, 2023

The secret of the bards of Thrace

 


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    1. A charming dude if there ever was one! And he visited the Underworld and came back!
      Now as a kid I was awe struck by the Eleusinian Mysteries, of which we know next to nothing, since it was secret! But I learned from somewhere that the first mystery (on the way to universal awareness?) is to pass through duality especially life/death dichotomy:
      https://panacas.com/2020/04/29/the-eleusinian-mysteries/

      and: https://cac45ab95b3277b3fdfd-31778daf558bdd39a1732c0a6dfa8bd4.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/10_hofmann.pdf

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  2. Probably more Orphic stuff coming up soon!

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    1. Indeed! How about a piece on Marcionism? It could be Marcion actually wrote the first Gospel, disparaged by the early Church "fathers" , expanded upon by Luke. Naturally he was excommunicated as orthodoxy established itself as "the one, true doctrine". But his ideas are intriguing to say the least.

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  3. Done that already!

    https://ashtarbookblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-gospel-of-alien-god.html

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  4. Yes, alien as "unknown" God. The controversy surrounding Marcion still rages to this day, although the Second Coming and the end of the World both are imminent!

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