The Administration of The Mithraic and Eleusinian Mystery Cults: How They Compare

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dc.contributor.authorSpicer, Coralynn
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-13T14:11:33Z
dc.date.available2021-12-13T14:11:33Z
dc.date.created2021
dc.description2021 Celebration of Student Research and Creativity presentationen_US
dc.description.abstract"Human beings love mysteries, and this past year I have focused on ancient mystery cults, with a particular interest in the kinds of punishments faced by those who shared the secrets. To be considered a mystery cult, sacred knowledge of the group must have only been available to initiates. For the Mithraic mysteries, knowledge was granted to male soldiers of the Roman Empire who swore allegiance to the Roman emperor in rituals to Mithras in underground chambers called mithraea. The Eleusinian Mysteries, active in the Greek and Roman periods, accepted both men and women as initiates, but they were chosen after a year-long series of festival acts. While little is known of the cult rituals, I was able to offer insight into ideas of punishment, rooted in the cults’ ideas about acceptance, intention, and fairness."en_US
dc.description.urihttps://youtu.be/cq3jmh2HGdAen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11216/4204
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherNorthern Kentucky Universityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCelebration of Student Research and Creativity;2021
dc.subjectMithraismen_US
dc.subjectEleusinian mysteriesen_US
dc.subjectSecret societies Ritualsen_US
dc.titleThe Administration of The Mithraic and Eleusinian Mystery Cults: How They Compareen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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