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Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine (Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)

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The Mystery of Dionysus

The dadoohovos sarcophagus, the purification of Hercules, carved stone relief, Roman, Italy's second century AD. It gives a representation of the sequence of the mysteries, showing the whole course of the initiation in three stages. The young man is led by the mystagog, the psychopomp, or soul-guide Hermes, who guides one along the track into the vastness of the mystery sanctuary and to rebirth.

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