DoomsdaysCW<p>Something I would love to know more about are the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElusinianMysteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElusinianMysteries</span></a>. But thanks to the cult's secrecy (and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a>), we may never know all the details...</p><p>Elusinian Mysteries</p><p>There were two Eleusinian rites – the Lesser One, and the Greater One. While the details of these rites were a carefully guarded secret, what is known is that the Greater Rite took place over many days, involved <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dancing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dancing</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sacrifices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sacrifices</span></a> of grain and a bull, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ritual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ritual</span></a> purification in a river, and the consumption of a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredBeverage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredBeverage</span></a> that was believed to be <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hallucinogenic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hallucinogenic</span></a>.<br>The beverage, known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/kykeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kykeon</span></a>, was made from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/barley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barley</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pennyroyal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pennyroyal</span></a>, and other ingredients. </p><p>It is analogous to the Sacred <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Soma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soma</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Homa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homa</span></a> beverage of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndoIranians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndoIranians</span></a>. While the Cult of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Eleusius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eleusius</span></a> was closed down by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RomanEmporers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanEmporers</span></a>, elements of the cult “survived in the Greek countryside,” into the rites of “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaintDemetrius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaintDemetrius</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Thessalonki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thessalonki</span></a>.” </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rituals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rituals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RomanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MysteryCults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MysteryCults</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RomanWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanWomen</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RomanPriestesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanPriestesses</span></a></p>