THE ELEFSINIAN MYSTERIES


1. PREFACE OF THE FIRST EDITION page7
2. PREFACE OF THE SECOND EDITION page13
3. PREFACE OF THE THIRD EDITION page15
4. INTRODUCTION page17
5. THE ESOTERIC AND EXOTERIC ACTIVITY OF THE
MYSTERIES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
TRANSACTION - THE LITTLE MYSTERIES OF AGRA page23
6. THE GREAT MYSTERIES - THE DECENT ORGIES page29
7. THE SAID THINGS page47
8. THE ACTED THINGS page53
9. THE INDICATED THINGS page77
10. HEAVENLY FIRE page85
11. EPILOGUE OF THE FIRST EDITION page111
12. CONCLUSIONS page117

SUPPLEMENTARY MATTERIAL OF THE SECOND EDITION


13. AIM OF THE MYSTERIES page121
14. THE ORPHIC DOGMAS page127
15. IAKHOS. THE MYSTERIOUS MASCULINE PERSON OF
THE ELEFSINIAN TRIAD page133
16. THE INFLUENCE OF THE HIEROPHANT TO THE
INITIATED page139
17. DID A TRUE AWAKENING TAKE PLACE DURING THE
ELEFSINIAN INITIATION? page145
18. THE MYSTERY OF ELEFSIS page151
19. ALATHE INITIATIVES page157
20. DIMITRA - PERSEFONI - IAKHOS page163
21. EPILOGUE OF THE SECOND EDITION page169