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Eleusinian Mysteries.
The first day. What are you willing to go for?

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Demeter resting under the Eleusinian olive tree during her search for Persephone 👵🫒🌽

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She was also known as "Thesmophoros" (The Bringer of Divine Order), giving her patronage over sacred law & cycle of life & death. Together with her daughter, Persephone, she is central in Eleusinian Mysteries.

"Ceres with Sickle & Cornucopia", Jan Boets (1635 - 1671), Flemish

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"Goddess of mysteries of Arcadian cults, who was worshipped under the title Despoina ("the mistress") alongside her mother Demeter, one of the central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries." Despoina Wikipedia

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The Eleusinian Mysteries, one of the most acclaimed religious festivals in the Greek world honored Demeter, goddess of the harvest and her daughter, Persephone, queen of the underworld. The myth is allegorical of agricultural renewal, from life to death and back.

Persephone

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French painter Paul Sérusier, known for his innovative use of flat shapes of color. Sérusier was notably the founder of the Les Nabis, a group of French artists which included Maurice Denis, Pierre Bonnard, and Édouard Vuillard.

The Eleusinian Mysteries (1888)

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the queen stared at her knight in awe, awe for her steadfast determination against all odds and her endless strength, as she was pulled out of her underworld- her eleusinian mystery, as she was immortal in death, sweet petra was her anchor to life, her home.

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After MCM London last weekend I have extremely low stock of Secret Rites, exploring an ancient Greek ritual (Eleusinian Mysteries) & goddess Demeter's search for her daughter Persephone. Just a few left only from 💀https://t.co/p3Uhw4QsBp

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Eleusinian coastline via /r/conceptart https://t.co/HIvv4E4StF

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The Mysterious Mysteries: Part 1 | Classical Wisdom Weekly

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On here are Persephone with her mother, pre-abduction (statuette from Melos) & reunited, receiving a woman initiate into Eleusinian Mysteries (tablet from Eleusis). This story had a fairly happy ending and Persephone got to wave her torches again

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Tuesday is the Autumn Equinox, when Persephone leaves her mother, Demeter, and returns to the Underworld as its Queen. Hekate guides her to The Crossroads and beyond. This myth is the foundation of The Eleusinian Mysteries, one of the world's oldest rituals.

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I flipping love doing non-fiction books because it allows me to just go wild on research and deep-dive into what I'm drawing! I got deeply obsessed with the Eleusinian Mysteries while making this book!!!!! And had a valid excuse for it!!!

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MYSTES -the initiate into the Ancient Greek Eleusinian Mysteries- was directed by the Mystagogos. The highest initiates were called Epoptes. Here are surrealist artist Agostino Arrivabene’s dream-like representations of these esoteric rites. (Mystai Demetra epopteia; Mystai II)

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The 1st rule of the Eleusinian Mysteries? Don’t talk about them... but it’s believed the secretive ancient Greek cult let most anyone attempt initiation. Those who passed enjoyed a 9-day party-The Greater Mysteries-w/ singing, dancing & sacrifices, to celebrate.

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The 1st rule of the Eleusinian Mysteries, was don’t talk about... but it’s believed the secretive ancient Greek cult let most anyone attempt initiation. Those who passed enjoyed a 9-day party-The Greater Mysteries-w/ singing, dancing & sacrifices, to celebrate.

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"Athens, where he was initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries, a set of mystic rites" from "Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library)" https://t.co/LwY0ZMbKZU

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