The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus
Historical edition · 1896 · 57,294 words
Hymns to cosmic powers, deities, nature, and the soul from the Orphic tradition. Their ritual language belongs to an ancient devotional collection, rather than an authenticated book written by the mythical Orpheus himself.
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Tue Grecian theology, which originated from Orpheus, was not only promulgated by him, but also by Pythagoras and Plato; who, for their transcendent genius, will always be ranked by the intelligent among the prodi- gies of the human race. By the first of these illustrious men, however, it was promulgated mystically and symbolically; by the second, enigmatically, and through images; and sci- entifically by the third. That this theology, indeed, was derived from Orpheus is clearly testified by those two preat philosophic lumi- naries Iamblichus! and Proclus*. For by
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