Mystery religions in the ancient world /

Godwin, Joscelyn.

Mystery religions in the ancient world / Joscelyn Godwin. - 1st U.S. ed. - San Francisco : Harper & Row, c1981. - 176 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 172.

Contents: Introduction --
The path of the warrior --
The path of the monk --
The path of the magician --
The path of love --
The path of knowledge --
1. The Roman gods --
2. Mythology --
3. The imperial cult --
4. Magical and folk beliefs --
5. Philosophers --
6. Judaism --
7. Gnosticism --
8. Christianity --
9. Mithras and Aion --
10. Cybele and Attis --
11. Isis and Serapis --
12. Dionysus --
13. Orpheus and Hercules --
14. The overseers --
15. Syncretism --
Select bibliography --
Photographic acknowledgments --
Index.

0060631406 (pbk.) :

81047423


Mysteries, Religious.
Religions.

BL 610 / .G63 1981

291/.044