OMG I Love listening to you talk!! I really feel connected to the Elusian, Dionysian, Orphic, Delphic mysteries. Look into it the 87 Orphic hymnals! The mystery lies in the Iambic ;) ……

the confluence of listening to shwep (the most awesome podcast) and reading latro in the mist by gene wolfe (the most amazing writer) left me geeking out on everything ancient greece. this was easy and enjoyable to listen to. subscribed ^.^

That was a great summary loaded with interesting facts.

Will be great if u can share more pictures on the archaeological sites from Athens.. PS : nice mic stand, finally!👍👍

Thank you. I’m reading a great book called “The Shadows of Socrates” and this helped me visualize the events.

Love how much you enjoy your subject

Thank you to deal with my beloved Elefsina and the mysteries around..mostly underneath...

Are you familiar with Brian Maresku’s book, “The Immortality Key?” Or with the work of Carl Ruck? Both relate.

@wasneeplus

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I was about to say this. The psychedelic hypothesis seems like a very obvious candidate for a solution to this mystery.

Thanks for this video! I have a favor, when you put up the pictures and such, leave them up a little longer? lol I am glad you are talking a little slower! Keep up the great work! And have a Happy Easter!

Im just commenting for the youtube algorithym catch your channel back. You have great content and deserve more views

I'm really enjoying your channel especially your genuine passion for archeology and history!

My learning about this mystery is profound in a psychogical sense.Many reports said " I no longer fear death" There is a afterlife . This Cult gave a sense of salvation to people and the Christans hated it , Did you know it was the last Pagan cult center to be destroyed ? In the Late Roman period , They feared the truth .

We know quite a bit more of what was taught in the mysteries. Several ancient Greek authors talk about it, they just dont mention that is what they were talking about, so its easily missed. I would highly recommend that you read Thomas Taylor's 'The Eulusinian and Bachic Mysteries'.

👍More mysterious history please.

Did you have a chance to go to Delphi? I visited it awhile back and it was the most amazing place on Earth that I've seen. I probably felt similar to how you felt when were in Eleusis.

Would you like to know what the mysteries were/are?

I agree. Not all mysteries should be revealed. Your enthusiasm for the topic should get you a devoted audience. However, it's not about you. It's about them. The Greeks more unattractive habits should be discussed from time to time. A little balance is important. take care rwmccoy

Your volume is too low

Great video! How did one get the right to participate in the Mysteries? Was this only for select initiates or was this like a rite of passage for all in the society?

@underthefigtreee

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as long as you completed initiation you were able to participate in the Mysteries! so if you could take off ten days to get drunk and sacrifice piglets - you're good to go

What about Despoina?

Your studies go back to the Archaic, so this is from before, but in Linear B only Demeter, Poseidon and Persephone are mentioned, no Hades? One KZreadr was wondering if that hints perhaps Persephone was Queen of the Underworld originally, and the "Oh! How horrible! Hades kidnapped Zeus' daughter with her father's permission but not her mother!" story was created later. That might make Persephone less of a victim and more powerful, like her mother Demeter is powerful on the surface. Not sure what that says about Hades 😋

@OrphicPolytheist

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Saying the name Hades was considered bad luck and it was a taboo. They mostly avoided using it, and used epithets in its place.

@fig tree: I realize at the time of this video you didn't know what Mystery was, but I'm pleased to shock you and let you know, that the Mystery has been revealed. To know what it is, you need only delve into the information this man is blowing up: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZJiNj9SodNOuh6w.html

Well, we can respect the people of the past without necessarily agreeing with them, right? I don't think we should agree with the idea of sacred and forbidden knowledge in this day and age.

@underthefigtreee

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very true, we are not going obligated to agree with them. however, given that they are not here to share their knowledge it is forced to forever be forbidden to us

If I could go back in time ANYWHERE, it would be to ancient Greece to try and take part in the mysteries. Or possibly to ancient Egypt for the same reason. Oh, and I am a 6'4" Texan viking and I admit I would probably have trouble sacrificing a piglet. I've got a soft spot for all animals. Insects included. Seriously, why a little piggy?

@MatthewKruse-ri8ep

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Cthonic worship has a pattern of blood rites as a means of propitiating the gods. Look up the Galu of Mesopotamia and Lamashtu. In a verse these deities are blood drinking and cannibalistic. The blood rites also serve to awareness in the individual making the sacrifice of the burden-responsibility-loss-power of the divine mind state in taking the life of the living creature. To experience both taking its life and its fear/loss/ pain as a ritualistic death of the individual. The old world was dark. To your point, I must agree, I feel it is better that we can ask, "Seriously, why little piggies?" - you speak a pure heart - blessed be your path.

@wasneeplus

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​​@MatthewKruse-ri8ep the irony is, of course, that Christianity is exactly the same. Christians celebrate the excruciating death of their deity. Most Christians even partake in a ritual symbolic drinking of His blood, and eating of His flesh.

1:36 Maybe “cult” isn’t the word your looking for🤔

@wasneeplus

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It's the word commonly used in professional literature for the polytheistic religious communities of old.

@KatyWantsToGo

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@@wasneeplus that’s my point friend…

Not very enlightening. There is so much more that is not presented.