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Page 176
... Apuleius describes the state of the Mysteries even in his time : " Influunt turbæ , facris divinis initiatæ , " viri fœminæque , omnis ætatis & omnis dignitatis . " The Pagans , we fee , seemed to think initiation as neceffary , as the ...
... Apuleius describes the state of the Mysteries even in his time : " Influunt turbæ , facris divinis initiatæ , " viri fœminæque , omnis ætatis & omnis dignitatis . " The Pagans , we fee , seemed to think initiation as neceffary , as the ...
Page 204
... Apuleius ‡ , the fupernal and infernal Gods paffed in review . To each of these they fung an hymn ; which Clemens calls the theology of images , or idols . These are yet to be seen amongst the works afcribed to Orpheus . When all this ...
... Apuleius ‡ , the fupernal and infernal Gods paffed in review . To each of these they fung an hymn ; which Clemens calls the theology of images , or idols . These are yet to be seen amongst the works afcribed to Orpheus . When all this ...
Page 222
... Apuleius , concludes the enumeration of her various myftic rites , in thefe words , - " Prifcaque doctrina pollentes ÆGYPTII , CEREMONIIS me prorfus PROPRIIS percolentes , " appellant VERO NOMINE reginam ISIDEM § . " 66 But the ...
... Apuleius , concludes the enumeration of her various myftic rites , in thefe words , - " Prifcaque doctrina pollentes ÆGYPTII , CEREMONIIS me prorfus PROPRIIS percolentes , " appellant VERO NOMINE reginam ISIDEM § . " 66 But the ...
Page 228
... APULEIUS : The first of which will fhew us of what ufe the Myfteries were efteemed to SOCIETY ; and the fecond , of what fupport to RELIGION . An inquiry into Æneas's adventure to the Shades , will have this farther advantage , the ...
... APULEIUS : The first of which will fhew us of what ufe the Myfteries were efteemed to SOCIETY ; and the fecond , of what fupport to RELIGION . An inquiry into Æneas's adventure to the Shades , will have this farther advantage , the ...
Page 253
... Apuleius tells us , in his description of a proceffion of the Initiated in the Myfteries of fis . " Ibat tertius , " attollens PALMAM AURO SUBTILITER FOLIATAM , nec non mer- " curialem etiam CADUCEUM + . " The Golden branch , then , and ...
... Apuleius tells us , in his description of a proceffion of the Initiated in the Myfteries of fis . " Ibat tertius , " attollens PALMAM AURO SUBTILITER FOLIATAM , nec non mer- " curialem etiam CADUCEUM + . " The Golden branch , then , and ...
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abfurd abuſe Æneas againſt amongſt ancient Apuleius arife Atheiſt becauſe beſt cauſe Ceres Chriftian Cicero circumftance civil confequence cuſtom divine doctrine Edit effential Eleufinian eſtabliſhed faid falfe fame fays fecond fecret feems feen fenfe fhall fhew fhewn firft firſt fome fpeaking fubject fuch fuppofe fupport future ftate fyftem God's Gods happineſs hath Hierophant himſelf inftitution initiated itſelf juftice Lawgivers laws Lordship Magiftrate moral attributes moſt muſt Myfteries nature neceffary obferved obligation occafion paffage paffions pagan Paganiſm Philofophers Plato Plutarch poet prefent principles purpoſe Pythagoras quæ queſtion reaſon Religion repreſented rewards and puniſhments ridicule rites ſays ſeems ſhall ſhould Society ſpeak ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe truth underſtand univerfal uſe Virgil virtue whofe worſhip writer Zaleucus γὰρ δὲ εἰς ἐκ ἐν καὶ μὲν οἱ περὶ πρὸς τὰ τὰς τε τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τῷ τῶν ὡς