C. (Karoly) Kerenyi , Eleusis Archetypal image f mother and daughter translated by Ralph Manheim, Pantheon, New York, 1967
the original book, 1960
this professor of philology worked with Jung, Mann,
Seneca Questiones naturalis VII 30.6 There are holy things that are not communicated all at once. Eleusis always keeps something back to show those who come again.
Preface xvii to achieve inner light, fasting and pharmaceutical - the drinking of the kykeon
p xviii There seems to be a treasure house, thesauros at the site ay Eleusis
p xix a cup from the Middle Minoan period, at Phaistos shows Persephone with two companions and the snake goddess, similar to tubes and tubular clay idols for communicating with the subterranean realm, the place of the snake. Zeus in the form of a snake seduces Persephone Snake and incest are archaic motifs in mythology as is the number three
p xxvi there are two possibilities, that the mythology reflects an ancient world view and that they reflect an archetype common to all humanity.
xxxi The Demeter-Kore myth is far too feminine to have been merely the result of anima-projection., xxxii the mother daughter experience which is alien to the man and shuts hi out. The Demeter cult has all the features of a matriarchal order of society
xxxiii zoe- life, bios- all species, Prometheus the archetype of human existence, Dionysos the archetypal image of the indestructible life. The Primordial child Primordial maiden. Hermes the archetype of the masculine form of life.
p5 the Rharian Plain between Thria and Eleusis, where the grain was sown according to the instructions of Demeterit is here that the Eleusinians beleived that the goddess bestowed grin
p 6 on the hero Triptolemos
p 11 a boy was always initiated at the hearth.
p 12 the mysteries at Eleusis was thought ot hold the entire human races together, they were necessary,
p 17 Eunapios relates the biography of Maximos the Neoplatonist at the destruction of the sanctuary at Eleusis by Alaric the Goth
The Hierophant... the man from Thespiai held the rank of Father in the mysteries of Mithras
p 19 note to self- the map of Eleusis is very informative
17 18 C BCE the Helladic period, stone houses over the mountain slope where the sanctuary was later built.
p 20 The cult of Rhea the great mother goddess, Persephone goddess of the underworld. The place of the temple was designated inn the Early Mycenaean period 1580-1500 BCE. the buiding of the Megaron was at this time.
p 21 the Megaron was initially a single room., 2 inner columns, and high walls surrounding the area. Between 1400 to 1100 the platform was extended to 3 rooms with a gate leading to a courtyard and a main building, the inaugural initiations were a form of dance.
p 22 Eumolpos the first hierophant was Thracian.
p 24 The Cretans laid claim to the mysteries of Eleusis as well as the Orphic mysteries and those at Samothrace At Knossos the rites were not secret
the arrheton, the ineffable secret, and the aporrheton, that which must be kept secret in law of silence. Originally everyone the whole community, tribe knew both secrets. The Thracian preists came via the bay of Eleusis, the original language, the strange names of the gods was Thracian
p 26 Persephone was the secret, the Divine Maiden the ineffable maiden,
there were other minor secrets. There was no play or drama at Elusis
p 27 the personal view of god as an event a place where you can speak to the god
the original Mycenaean goddess was De, meter was to measure. Demeter measured the grin and wso as different to Ge or Gaia the Earth or universal mother.
she was known as Ceres by the Romans,
p 30 The many myths of Demeter
the image of tranquility seated on the throne
her restless search for her daughter
the grain mother
like the other mother goddesses Io Europa, Antiope- moonlike wanderings
The Cretan Demeter differs from the Arcadian story
the Cretan story, grief, her love for Iasion the hunter with whom she lay in the thrice ploughed furrow, also known as Zagreus Lord of the Underworld. Zeus struck him with thunderbolt.
The child he sired as Ploutos wealth- she was willing but Kore was not. Kore bore Plouton, a little riches or Plutop 32 two statues of Demeter- the angry one held the basket that contained the mysteries
One goddess with 2 faces at Thelpousa or two goddeses
the original book, 1960
this professor of philology worked with Jung, Mann,
Seneca Questiones naturalis VII 30.6 There are holy things that are not communicated all at once. Eleusis always keeps something back to show those who come again.
Preface xvii to achieve inner light, fasting and pharmaceutical - the drinking of the kykeon
p xviii There seems to be a treasure house, thesauros at the site ay Eleusis
p xix a cup from the Middle Minoan period, at Phaistos shows Persephone with two companions and the snake goddess, similar to tubes and tubular clay idols for communicating with the subterranean realm, the place of the snake. Zeus in the form of a snake seduces Persephone Snake and incest are archaic motifs in mythology as is the number three
p xxvi there are two possibilities, that the mythology reflects an ancient world view and that they reflect an archetype common to all humanity.
xxxi The Demeter-Kore myth is far too feminine to have been merely the result of anima-projection., xxxii the mother daughter experience which is alien to the man and shuts hi out. The Demeter cult has all the features of a matriarchal order of society
xxxiii zoe- life, bios- all species, Prometheus the archetype of human existence, Dionysos the archetypal image of the indestructible life. The Primordial child Primordial maiden. Hermes the archetype of the masculine form of life.
p5 the Rharian Plain between Thria and Eleusis, where the grain was sown according to the instructions of Demeterit is here that the Eleusinians beleived that the goddess bestowed grin
p 6 on the hero Triptolemos
p 11 a boy was always initiated at the hearth.
p 12 the mysteries at Eleusis was thought ot hold the entire human races together, they were necessary,
p 17 Eunapios relates the biography of Maximos the Neoplatonist at the destruction of the sanctuary at Eleusis by Alaric the Goth
The Hierophant... the man from Thespiai held the rank of Father in the mysteries of Mithras
p 19 note to self- the map of Eleusis is very informative
17 18 C BCE the Helladic period, stone houses over the mountain slope where the sanctuary was later built.
p 20 The cult of Rhea the great mother goddess, Persephone goddess of the underworld. The place of the temple was designated inn the Early Mycenaean period 1580-1500 BCE. the buiding of the Megaron was at this time.
p 21 the Megaron was initially a single room., 2 inner columns, and high walls surrounding the area. Between 1400 to 1100 the platform was extended to 3 rooms with a gate leading to a courtyard and a main building, the inaugural initiations were a form of dance.
p 22 Eumolpos the first hierophant was Thracian.
p 24 The Cretans laid claim to the mysteries of Eleusis as well as the Orphic mysteries and those at Samothrace At Knossos the rites were not secret
the arrheton, the ineffable secret, and the aporrheton, that which must be kept secret in law of silence. Originally everyone the whole community, tribe knew both secrets. The Thracian preists came via the bay of Eleusis, the original language, the strange names of the gods was Thracian
p 26 Persephone was the secret, the Divine Maiden the ineffable maiden,
there were other minor secrets. There was no play or drama at Elusis
p 27 the personal view of god as an event a place where you can speak to the god
the original Mycenaean goddess was De, meter was to measure. Demeter measured the grin and wso as different to Ge or Gaia the Earth or universal mother.
she was known as Ceres by the Romans,
p 30 The many myths of Demeter
the image of tranquility seated on the throne
her restless search for her daughter
the grain mother
like the other mother goddesses Io Europa, Antiope- moonlike wanderings
The Cretan Demeter differs from the Arcadian story
the Cretan story, grief, her love for Iasion the hunter with whom she lay in the thrice ploughed furrow, also known as Zagreus Lord of the Underworld. Zeus struck him with thunderbolt.
The child he sired as Ploutos wealth- she was willing but Kore was not. Kore bore Plouton, a little riches or Plutop 32 two statues of Demeter- the angry one held the basket that contained the mysteries
One goddess with 2 faces at Thelpousa or two goddeses
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