THE MYSTERY SYSTEM
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF INITIATION
ELEVATED THE SOUL FROM A MATERIAL, SENSUAL, AND PURELY HUMAN LIFE
TO A CELESTIAL COMMUNION WITH THE GODS.
BY INCULCATING IN THE INTIATES THE PRACTICES OF VIRTUE
THE MYSTERIES PROVIDED FOR MAN
THE ENJOYMENT OF TRUE AND PROPER HAPPINESS DURING HIS EARTHLY LIFE.
INITIATES WERE TAUGHT THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL
AND
THE INFLEXIBLE LAWS OF DIVINE JUSTICE
AND
GREAT MORAL PRECEPTS WERE MADE KNOWN NOT ONLY TO THE INITIATES
BUT
ALSO THE PROFANE.
THE MYSTERIES POINTED OUT TO MEN
THE WAY TO LIVE BETTER
AND
THE WAY TO DIE HAPPIER…
BY SEEKING TO PURIFY THE SOUL
AND
HOLDING THAT THE TRUE HOME OF THE SOUL IS IN THE HIGHER SPHERE –
THE EARTH IS A PLACE OF EXILE
AND
THAT TO RETURN TO ITS BIRTHPALCE,
THE SOUL MUST FREE ITSELF FROM THE PASSIONS AND HINDERANCES OF THE SENSES.
THE MYSTERIES TAUGHT MAN HOW TO ATTAIN THE DOMINION OF THE SOUL
WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
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PEACE TO ALL THE GODS AND EARTHS!!!