THE INITIATIC MYSTERIES OF CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY
SYLLABUS

PRINTABLE COURSE TEXT:
Keizer, Lewis, Initiation: Ancient and Modern.

ONLINE E-BOOK AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE:
Mysteries of Hermes Trismegistus:
Keizer, Lewis, The Eighth Reveal the Ninth: A New Hermetic Initiation Discourse (Tractate 6, Nag Hammadi Codex VII). Academy of Arts and Humanities Monograph Series: Number One, 1974--link to purchase e-book online for $15

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

Roots of the Ancient Mystery Religions:
Eisler, Riane, The Chalice and the Blade. New York, 1993

Osirian Mysteries:
Guilmot, Max, The Initiatory Process in Ancient Egypt.
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum Publication, 1978

Eleusinian Mysteries:
Mylonas, George E., Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1961
Kerényi, Karoly, "Kore," in C.G. Jung and C. Kerényi, Essays on a Science of Mythology: The Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1963: 101-55.

Greek Chthonic, Pholarchontic, and Pythagorean Mysteries:
Kingsley, Peter, Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic: Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition. Oxford University Press, New York, 1995
Kingsley, Peter, In the Dark Places of Wisdom. Golden Sufi Center, Inverness, California, 1999

Hellenistic and Early Christian Mysteries:
Fidler, David, Jesus Christ, Sun of God. New York, 1992



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1. Ancient Shamanic and Spiritual Consciousness                                                                                                                       
Prayer and Deity: What was a God?
Matriarchy and Patriarchy
From Pan to Satan: Arian to Piscean Human Psyche
Shamanism, Ancestor Worship, and Totem Animals