Deliverance the Freeing of the Spirit in the Ancient World
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So the gods and goddesses, and their cults, seemed to gain in power and vogue within the Eastern lands, where they drew adherents from among the Greek strains of population, as at Antioch or Alexandria/^ Then they advanced beyond those borders to invade the Greek and Latin West. From Phrygia came the Great Mother, Cybele of many forms and names ; Attis with her, and his orgiastic rites of mutilation, death, and resurrection; then 1 88 DELIVERANCE from Egypt, Isis, Osiris, Serapis; then many god...s from Syria, tending to transmute them^el^s to solar manifestations of universal godheadfy^ lastly and most potently out of Persia, Mithr^^He mili- tant, to be recognized by Diocletian as protector of the Empire ^ ; and behind or through them all, astrology and magic, veritable faiths that alluringly taught a divine astral fatalism with ways of pro- pitiating its decrees. The acceptance of these cults by Greeks aad ilomans was not a matter of haphazard chance, although the motley religious aspect of the later pagan Empire might lead one to think so.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
So the gods and goddesses, and their cults, seemed to gain in power and vogue within the Eastern lands, where they drew adherents from among the Greek strains of population, as at Antioch or Alexandria/^ Then they advanced beyond those borders to invade the Greek and Latin West. From Phrygia came the Great Mother, Cybele of many forms and names ; Attis with her, and his orgiastic rites of mutilation, death, and resurrection; then 1 88 DELIVERANCE from Egypt, Isis, Osiris, Serapis; then many god...s from Syria, tending to transmute them^el^s to solar manifestations of universal godheadfy^ lastly and most potently out of Persia, Mithr^^He mili- tant, to be recognized by Diocletian as protector of the Empire ^ ; and behind or through them all, astrology and magic, veritable faiths that alluringly taught a divine astral fatalism with ways of pro- pitiating its decrees. The acceptance of these cults by Greeks aad ilomans was not a matter of haphazard chance, although the motley religious aspect of the later pagan Empire might lead one to think so.
What to read after Deliverance the Freeing of the Spirit in the Ancient World?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Taylor, Henry Osborn, 1856-1941 to read onlineMoreLess
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