Eleusis : : Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter / / Carl Kerényi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Kerényi, Carl,
• MitwirkendeR: Manheim, Ralph,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©1967
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Bollingen Series (General) ; 129
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; List of Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; Preface --; Introduction --; Part One: Reconstruction --; I. The Geographical and Chronological Setting --; II. The Mythological Setting --; III. The Lesser Mysteries and the Preparations for the Great Mysteries --; IV. The Secret of Eleusis --; Part Two --; V. A Hermeneutical Essay on the Mysteries --; APPENDIX I: The Preparation and Effect of the Kykeon --; APPENDIX II: Concerning the Vessels That Were Carried on the Head in the Procession --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; List of Works Cited --; Index --; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691213859; 9783110442496; 9783110784237
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691213859?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Carl Kerényi.

The Sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. Looking at the tendency to "see visions," C. Kerenyi examines the Mysteries of Eleusis from the standpoint not only of Greek myth but also of human nature. Kerenyi holds that the yearly autumnal "mysteries" were based on the ancient myth of Demeter's search for her ravished daughter Persephone--a search that he equates not only with woman's quest for completion but also with every person's pursuit of identity. As he explores what the content of the mysteries may have been for those who experienced them, he draws on the study of archaeology, objects of art, and religious history, and suggests rich parallels from other mythologies.