ROBERT TURCAN. [TRANSLATED BY ANTONIA NEVILL].

THE CULTS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, 2nd printing. 1997 [1989 in French; 1996].

xiii (13) + 399 pages with Index. B&W ILLUSTRATIONS + MAPS. Large octavo (9 by 6 inch) softcover.

Light wear & slight curl to corners, light wear to edges, some light rubbing & scuffing to covers, a touch of very light staining to foredge, o/w VERY GOOD CONDITION.

A study of the foreign cults which found a foothold in Roman life in the centuries prior to the eventual takeover of the ultimate foreign cult - Christianity.

CONTENTS:

LIST OF PLATES AND FIGURES. * LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. * MAP OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

INTRODUCTION.

1.) THE GREAT MOTHER AND HER EUNUCHS.

2.) ISIS OF THE MANY NAMES, OR OUR LADY OF THE WAVES.

3.) THE ORONTES POURING INTO THE TIBER.

4.) BENEATH THE ROCKS OF THE PERSIAN CAVERN.

5.) HORSEMEN, MOTHERS AND SERPENTS.

6.) OCCULTISM AND THEOSOPHY.

7.) DIONYSUS AND SABAZIUS.

EPILOGUE. * NOTES. * SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING (IN ENGLISH) BY T. J. CORNELL. * INDEX.

Other Keyword(s) ancient mystery cults religion religions pagan paganism myth mythology psychology philosophy classical greek roman greece rome metaphysics occult esoterica jung jungian golden dawn oto o.t.o. masonic freemasonry masonry mithraism druidism eleusis eleusinian

A GLIMPSE INTO THE RELIGIOUS FERMENT WHICH SEETHED IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE FIRST 4 CENTURIES OF THE COMMON ERA.

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