The Eleusinian Mysteries - Thomas Taylor (Part 1) 

I'mma keep grinding away at recording his major contributions. This was his doctoral dissertation.

@@TheModernHermeticist Thanks so much Dan.

nevill goddard i am) another perspective of how to read scriptures..

Part 2/3 is available here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Kyyyli32N-I.html

Bon appétit

Thanks Jay!

May I ask where are you from ? Canada?

You're very welcome! Cheers.

I've been strongly considering doing a little thing on Taylor's influence, particularly on Blake and people like Manly P. Hall. I will consider harder.

@@TheModernHermeticist Thanks, either way!

@@TheModernHermeticist yes please

Sometimes I think of recording things in Latin but I think the algodaemons would punish me for putting out a video nobody would watch all the way through. I did it a while back with Chapter 1 of Giordano Bruno's De Magia years back but it didn't really take off. (I also used restored classical pronunciation for a 16th c. work, and I think that could have annoyed some people). This particular Taylor text has quite a bit of Latin and Greek in it, but I decided against reading it because it would have lengthened everything by another hour, and he provides his own English translations after each instance of classical languages anyhow. Parts 2 and 3 come out today and tomorrow.

@@TheModernHermeticist To Be Perfectly Honest I Wouldnt Understand It Well Enough To Finish The Whole Of It, But You Give Constant Reminders Of Memories In A 9th Grade Latin Class I Failed(Before I Took My Education Seriously LOL) I Think On The Whole Your Self Editing, And Reasoning Arrived There By, Wise. I Await With Bated Breath 2 & 3

Cheers, thanks for listening!

More on the way (probably Friday)

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Thanks again!

Thanks Bildgesmythe

I have an old talk on Homer's Odyssey that has some Greek readings in the meter, check that one out.

I'm a supporter of the psychoactive kykeon theory; I just think lately there's been a lot more attention on that than on the Eleusinian theology, and for this reason reading Taylor is a breath of fresh air.

@@TheModernHermeticist Yeah I agree; context, suggestion and prior conditioning were probably more important to deliver such a compelling theurgic impression. Also, I'm a big fan congrats on your PhD!

It makes sense, but it gets too much attention, there's a lot more interesting mysteries about the eleusis than "LOOK BRO LSD TERRANCE MCKENNA XD"

It's definitely not the entirety of the experience, the plays mentioned that would take place during the initiation would play a very important role in shaping the experience, as well as the language being used and an already deep familiarity with localized myth and the way different myths intertwine while not necessarily telling the same story would flesh out what was being shown. When it comes to things like ayahuasca it's said the person imbibing it will often be taken into the landscape where the ingredients are being collected, and a relation is made between the plant and a snake that lives in the same area which creates a link in the mind that influences how the spirit of the plant appears to you. In this example, the form of a serpent with a feminine presence. This has always stuck with me as likely being extremely important to the teachings of the Mysteries, but together with the imagery in the plays on a more immense level to remove you from your base societies collective iconography. 🙏

To expand on this from a Jungian perspective if one dared, and is a great place to begin understanding the mechanisms behind the Mysteries, the society you live in has fed you base archetypes that are reflected off the anima and animus. This is why some people see aliens, or elves, or large hairy man like beings. These are replaced during the initiation. To further expand, some initiation were taken when one was to leave his homeland for the sea, or a journey to a new society, and I personally am of the opinion this is because when you journey somewhere you have never been with no familiarity like a dense woodland, an open ocean, or death, reality becomes much less grounded, and you must be prepared for the projections* and reflections that will be thrown across your own psychic landscape.

Ta d'RPC x

To be fair it was written over two centuries ago. Cheers.