THE ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES AND RITES By DUDLEY WRIGHT INTRODUCTION BY THE REV. J. FORT NEWTON, D.Litt., D.D. _Past Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, U.S.A._ THE THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE LONDON--DENVER 1919 [Illustration] _Reproduced by permission of the Encyclopædia Britannica._ PLAN OF THE SACRED BUILDINGS OF ELEUSIS. 1. Temple of Artemis Propylæa. 2. Outer Propylæon. 3. Inner Propylæon. 4. Temple of Demeter. 5. Outer Enclosure of the Sacred Buildings. 6. Inner Enclosure. PREFACE At one time the Mysteries of the various nations were the only vehicle of religion throughout the world, and it is not impossible that the very name of religion might have become obsolete but for the su…
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