Eleusis:
Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter
Carl Kerényi
Translated by Ralph Manheim

Paper | 1991 | $29.95 / £20.95
516 pp.

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The Sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. Looking at the tendency to "see visions," C. Kerenyi examines the Mysteries of Eleusis from the standpoint not only of Greek myth but also of human nature. Kerenyi holds that the yearly autumnal "mysteries" were based on the ancient myth of Demeter's search for her ravished daughter Persephone--a search that he equates not only with woman's quest for completion but also with every person's pursuit of identity. As he explores what the content of the mysteries may have been for those who experienced them, he draws on the study of archaeology, objects of art, and religious history, and suggests rich parallels from other mythologies.

Review:

"This book is fascinating reading and serves as a meaningful complement to George E. Mylonas's magisterial work, Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries."--Library Journal

Other Princeton books by Carl Kerényi:

• Dionysos: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life.
• Essays on a Science of Mythology: The Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis.
• Prometheus: Archetypal Image of Human Existence.

Series:

• Bollingen Series (General)
• Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology

Subject Areas:

• Mind, Body, Spirit
• Classics
• Religion
• Anthropology

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