CHAPTER TWO: BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ALL MAJOR ATHENIAN FESTIVALS
31
(24)
CHAPTER THREE: THE LENAIA
55
(14)
Marsh Rites of the Venerable Women
58
(5)
When the Thyiades Wake Liknites
63
(3)
The Unspeakable Sacrifice
66
(3)
CHAPTER FOUR: THE ANTHESTERIA
69
(12)
Day of the Crocks
70
(1)
A Day of Pollution
70
(3)
The Day of the Potholes
73
(2)
Oulochytai
75
(1)
The Making of Cthonic Sacrifices, Offerings, and Prayers
76
(2)
The Cthonic Rites of Enagismoi, Sphagia, and Nephalia
78
(3)
CHAPTER FIVE: AGRAI
81
(22)
The Strengthening Dust
85
(2)
Abstinence and Sacred Dreaming
87
(5)
Kernophoria, Loutrophoria, Liknophoria: Deeds Which Purify and Set Apart
92
(3)
That Which Thou Hadst Never Suffered Before
95
(2)
The Serpent of Knowledge
97
(2)
Golden Memory
99
(2)
Oneness with Deity
101
(2)
CHAPTER SIX: THE SACRED MYSTERY RITES OF ELEUSIS
103
(30)
Historical Background
104
(3)
The Sacred Way at Eleusis
107
(2)
Myesis and Liknophoria,
109
(3)
At the Heart of the Mysteries
112
(8)
A Pantheon of Entheogens
120
(2)
The Flaw in "St. Anthony's Fire"
122
(3)
Communions of Divine Flesh and Blood
125
(2)
Peganum Harmala: Seeds of the Soul
127
(1)
Lick Between Fasting and Kykeon
128
(1)
The Significance of the Mystery Rites
129
(4)
Footnotes
133
(38)
Greek-to-English Glossary
171
(16)
Bibliography
187
(14)
Index
201
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