Contemplation and salvation in the Eleusinian mysteries

 

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Author: Masís Iverson, Katherine
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:2013
Description:This paper describes the manner in which the Eleusinian mysteries propitiated soteria or salvationand epopteia or contemplation among their initiates. Mystery cults are cosmopolitan rather than local, andindividually rather than collectively oriented. The Eleusinian mysteries seemed to offer life-transformingpractices and rituals to their initiates.
Country:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/6447
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/humanidades/article/view/6447
Keyword:eleusis
mystery religions
soteria
epopteia
hellenistic age
Eleusis
religiones mistéricas
época helenística